PTSD Awareness Month
Maya Angelou “There is no greater agony than bearing the untold story inside of you.” Awareness is the first step in healing from trauma... It was early in the morning when I heard a loud bang...
The Lone Sailor Maritime Memorial Statue…
https://artslb.org/public-art/lone-sailor-maritime-memorial Quote from the link above... "Sculptor Stanley Bleifield created several Lone Sailor memorials throughout the country; however, the Long...
US Navy’s “Phantom” WWII Hospitals
My mother, Marcella, spoke of this time as a very anxious and worrisome period of excitement for Dad’s return home, but with much fear about his physical and mental condition.
“Bluey” Festival’s Great Blue Heron Friend…
The 9th hole at Copper Canyon Golf Course Sun City Festival (Buckeye), Arizona... https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron "Widespread and familiar (though often called 'crane'),...
Birds Teach Us To Be Mindful
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202402/what-birds-teach-us-about-life-social-change-and-nature "Because birds turn you into an optimist—they train your mind to wake up...
Blunder Bay Bar Fights & Small Town Politics…
Furry Friends Find Love This truly nutty story is fictional based on true events in a small coastal town that most of us have visited or lived in somewhere. This is rural America behind closed doors...
PTSD Awareness Month
Maya Angelou “There is no greater agony than bearing the untold story inside of you.” Awareness is the first step in healing from trauma... It was early in the morning when I heard a loud bang...
The Lone Sailor Maritime Memorial Statue…
https://artslb.org/public-art/lone-sailor-maritime-memorial Quote from the link above... "Sculptor Stanley Bleifield created several Lone Sailor memorials throughout the country; however, the Long...
US Navy’s “Phantom” WWII Hospitals
My mother, Marcella, spoke of this time as a very anxious and worrisome period of excitement for Dad’s return home, but with much fear about his physical and mental condition.
“Bluey” Festival’s Great Blue Heron Friend…
The 9th hole at Copper Canyon Golf Course Sun City Festival (Buckeye), Arizona... https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron "Widespread and familiar (though often called 'crane'),...
Birds Teach Us To Be Mindful
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202402/what-birds-teach-us-about-life-social-change-and-nature "Because birds turn you into an optimist—they train your mind to wake up...
Blunder Bay Bar Fights & Small Town Politics…
Furry Friends Find Love This truly nutty story is fictional based on true events in a small coastal town that most of us have visited or lived in somewhere. This is rural America behind closed doors...
Steve Sparks
Author of CFLAT
Steve Sparks is a retired information technology sales and marketing executive with over 35 years of industry experience, including a Bachelors’ in Management from St. Mary’s College. His creative outlet is as a non-fiction author, writing about his roots as a post-WWII US Navy military child growing up in the 1950s-1960s.
Reconciliation:
A Son’s Story
In a new ground breaking memoir, “Reconciliation: A Son’s Story”, the author reflects back on his father’s war time experiences as the context underlying his own family dynamics and abuse. Through the author’s research and study of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he comes to an understanding of his father’s behavior and how this deeply impacted the family which eventually leads to healing.