Talks with Dad Ease Vietnam Scars

Because of my fear and lack of understanding of my father’s symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), I barely talked to him for 31 years.  In November of 2009, I asked him to complete a project with me.  We would talk every day for 30 days and try to get to know each other.  He agreed to finally tell me some things about Vietnam–a war and a word which was unspeakable in our household.  Helena Oliviero of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) interviewed us both during the project I called “Thirty Days with My Father,” and wrote an amazing article about our process of reconciliation:  http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/talks-with-dad-ease-271813.html