Life Partners with Their Veterans: Sharing the Journey Together

In this episode, we welcome Ella Roush and Mary Miller, who have both been the life partners of Vietnam combat veterans.  Each has been a valued participant and leader in the nine years of the COMPASS Circle, bringing vital gifts and perspective.   In a sensitive and penetrating conversation, they describe what it has been like to share the journey with their mates.  Both identify how challenging it could be for their partners to talk about their experiences, and how they each became equipped to understand those experiences more deeply and to help enhance channels of communication. Glen speaks directly to veterans, urging them to risk sharing with their partners, opening opportunities for support, entrusting and healing.  Stories that get shared are not just difficult, but often tender and profound and life-giving.  These primary relationships are so vital.  Mary, Ella and Glen offer abundant encouragement to the families of veterans, born of their personal experiences and the blessings of one another.