4000

And the 4000 number, which will be all over the news this week, and devastating as it is, tells only a fraction of the story. One hundred forty-five American service members died of self-inflicted wounds. The wounded totals 29,314. And incalculable are the number of lives forever altered because loved ones never returned home, or came back with disabilities that will never fully heal; marriages broken, engagements terminated, children who will never know their parents or who many know them only as hostages to wheelchairs or hospital wards.

let us pause and reflect...