Beautiful Soldier, 2016 Miss USA Deshauna Barber

Talk about impressive. At 27, Deshauna Barber, is already an Army Captain and won the 2016 Miss USA crown. She is inspiring on many levels.

Read my story on her and how she used her title to help promote awareness and understanding of PTSD. 

My profile of her is my first cover story. Yeah.

PTSD Journal, Summer 2017

Journeys Across Jamaica

Finally, it rained yesterday. I mean really rained. As in close to three hours and not the 10-minute kiss that’s normal in the Caribbean. Yeeaaahhhh. There’s certainly a lot of danger in having too much rain but when there’s none you really treasure what you have. For about seven months Jamaica has been experiencing a serious drought. Parts of the island have received sprinkling of rain but nothing to quench the thirst of the people, animals and earth.The national papers and a news program have published stories of communities praying for rain; members of the clergy saying the drought is a result of the country’s sinful ways; people stealing water from school tanks over the weekend when the schools are closed; schools closed because there’s no water and government officials pleading with the citizens to be careful in clearing land by fire because there’s no water to stop a potential blaze.