My life is a drain on my family…

“Our floor is gone in the bathroom, the back deck is falling in, there is a hole in the kitchen floor, the toilet in the basement is broken, the house needs an overhaul, there are broken windows, the garage needs repair, the yard is terrible…

…and here I am, the man of the house at an age where I should be able to help, yet unable to do so.”

These are words you will seldom hear from the lips of veterans, who are famous for saying… “Someone else deserves help more than I do.” Always self-effacing. Always – regardless of sex – Manning Up when faced with horrendous circumstances. Decorated Army veteran and First Responder Michael Thorin is paving the way for others to finally be open and jarringly truthful. Truths the American public needs to hear.

End Veteran Debt, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, has installed an information pathway at its site called Now Hear This where these stories can be told. Articles are written by veterans who understand veterans and can express their experiences in ways that will get awareness and action. Because, if they don’t know about you, they can’t do anything about you.

Continue reading Michael’s treatise…confession…prayer (?) so that you can decide what you can do about him and others like him. https://endveterandebt.org/now-hear-this/guest-viewpoint/my-life-is-a-drain-on-my-family-by-army-veteran-michael-thorin