![]() ![]() ![]() WARNER: That's Quil Lawrence, NPR's vets correspondent and my co-host on our Home/Front series. We have signed off on the laws that say we will take care of him afterwards. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: She, by staying, is making good on a promise the rest of us made to Matt when he signed up. But the duty she felt was not just to him or to the relationship or to their families she also felt a duty to her country. WARNER: Alicia felt a duty to stay with Matt, which is not unusual for people in an abusive relationship. Also, the more I got to know him, the more I got to have the feeling of, who else is going to do what I do? He needs someone here. Why am I here? Why am I still here? Love? Yes, I loved him. She didn't know what she was still doing there.Ī LAMMERS: I wonder that so many times. And then he started being violent toward her. But she discovered he also had a brain injury and PTSD and other behavior that she couldn't explain, patterns of forgetfulness and anger and violence. In those episodes, we heard how Alicia fell in love with Matt and became his official VA caregiver, something he needed as a triple amputee. If you've not heard the earlier episodes, you might want to go back and listen to Battle Rattle and Battle Lines. WARNER: We've been telling the story of Alicia and Matt Lammers. And then I tell him, what would you do if something does that to your girls? And then his answer was, well, I'll ask him if their spouse is a veteran - justifying, you know, if it's a veteran, then it's OK. You see Matt, and the only thing I thought is the physical part, right? So I thought, it's not going to be easy, but I can do it I can do it.Ī LAMMERS: And at the very beginning of these episodes, he'll tell me, I'm not angry of you. WARNER: You're listening to ROUGH TRANSLATION from NPR.ĪLICIA LAMMERS: I thought it won't be easy physically. ![]() So that's npr.org/podcastsurvey - all one word. We really want to hear from everyone, even if you're a brand-new listener or an old hand to the show. Please go to npr.org/podcastsurvey to complete a very short survey. ![]() And just before we start the show, we would love to hear about you, who you are, what stories you want to hear, maybe what you like and don't like about the show. ![]()
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