I just realized my last journal update was in December of 2016.
I did end up going with other Veterans to the Standing Rock Reservation. I have a few photos up under the No DAPL folder in my gallery. I also wrote an essay about it, located on my Facebook photography page.
On May 1, 2017, I married my wife. It's been amazing ever since, to know what it feels like to be in a loving and caring relationship, and living with someone who actually cares about you, and not just wanting you around because they're lonely and afraid to be alone.
In September 2017, we moved back to Northern California. If I thought struggling in North Carolina, wit