Lisa Farber-Silk
Lisa Farber-Silk has been a military wife and mom for almost 25 years. Her husband was attached to the 131st Combat Engineers of the Vermont Army National Guard and her son is in the Air Force Military police. Both of them have served in various parts of Iraq. Lisa has been involved in supporting the troops for many years, from pre-deployment preparation to post-deployment celebrations. In 2007, she organized the Vermont Veterans Combat Stress Symposium which brought in speakers from around the country to address issues affecting all veterans. Her new memoir details her struggle to get people to understand Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and to find help for the loved ones in her life. |
Giving My Heart: Love in a Military Family
Synopsis: " Giving My Heart" is the true story of a New England wife's struggle to find hope and help for a soldier, friend, and lover after his return from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Before the war, he was an outgoing and affable man with a can-do attitude. After deployment, he returns to Vermont wanting nothing more than to be left alone. In the months after, he begins avoiding family and old friends. He is subject to mood swings, angry outbursts, headaches, trouble sleeping, problems at work, and feels that no one can ever understand his world and what he has become. Meanwhile, Lisa has sacrificed everything including a marriage of two decades, to be with a man who is no longer interested in relationships with anyone. Her quest to find healing for her friend with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will take more love, patience, and persistence than she ever knew she had. "Giving My Heart" portrays the legacy of our involvement in the Middle-East from the Persian Gulf War to the Iraq War as one family tries to grapple with what it means. Lisa provides a personal and heart-rending perspective that only a military wife and mother can share.
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