by stevesparks | May 25, 2026 | Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Veterans
Memorial Day means so much more to me these days at the prime age of 80 (almost) than anytime in my life. Since researching and writing my book in 2011, awareness of the lifelong suffering of severe trauma and PTSD has increased exponentially. We know so much more in...
by stevesparks | Dec 5, 2024 | Building Healthy Communities, children, Family, Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd, Veterans
PTSD During the Holidays… Quote from this reference link… “Holidays and family functions can make the PTSD sufferer feel like an outsider. They may feel uncomfortable joining in the celebration and, as a result, end up feeling alone and isolated. Although family...
by stevesparks | May 23, 2024 | Family, Mental Health Advocacy, Military
Remember Pearl Harbor… Mother knew that her husband, Vernon, was aboard the Battleship USS West Virginia at the moment the first torpedoes struck his ship. I can only imagine what was going through her mind at the time as a new mom holding my older brother Jerry...
by stevesparks | Feb 23, 2024 | Building Healthy Communities, Mental Health Advocacy, Military
I surfed Honolulu Bay a lot between 1963-65! I can still feel the freedom of being in the tube. I remember the power and explosion of spray on my backside… Then, the cannon shot out the tube on the other side. I knew in that moment my love for the sea. This is where...
by stevesparks | Mar 23, 2023 | Military, Veterans
My father…Vernon H Sparks, BMC, WWII Pacific Dad’s medical records revealed his own painful trauma from WWII. I was totally in the dark for so many decades. As I slowly read his Navy records from 1936-1960, his experiences helped me see a larger than life...
by stevesparks | Nov 7, 2022 | Building Healthy Communities, Mental Health Advocacy, Military, Ptsd, Veterans
USS Bellegrove LSD2 August 1943 to June 1945Pacific War https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1202.htm During World War II USS Belle Grove was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns: World War II...
