Thank you, Jan...
that sadness is still clinging to me
but I'm also very angry with Charley...part of the grief, I know, but I'm still angry with him.
Thank you for the prayers, Jan. He left his family within weeks of coming home, came here where so many others were, and lived on the streets.
He always shaved and smelled clean and laughed so much. I agree that we'll never truly know his torments and demons...but I'm still angry.
If I stop being angry, I'll start to cry and I don't want to cry--he would be royally POd at me.
...feel like I'm in a crossfire of conflicting emotions

Mick and I made some calls today. Not much of anything can be done until Monday. There's a waiting list for the two closest national cemeteries.
His body is still at the funeral home thanks to Mick. They would have put Charley in potter's field...anyway, we'll do what we can to get the money and give him a decent burial.
Taps...recorded with a uniformed soldier syncing 'cause there aren't enough buglers. The few that are left are kept busy with WW2, Korean, and Iraqi vets...
It sounds the same and hurts as much

I think his heart just wore out

Cap