while some of us go
to the beach and relax
on memorial day

others are still
over there.

physically

as well as
emotionally.

back in 2006,
my sister, lauren cerre,
did an incredible story on
a young, optimistic marine
my father met while he
was embedded in iraq
during the invasion.

elliott now fights
an everyday battle
he never anticipated
back home in
montana.

PTSD
post traumatic stress disorder
is a war wound we don't
hear enough about.

1 in 8
troops returning
from the middle east
have PTSD.

"the war within"

elliott is
just 1 story

ps:

i must say,
i shed a few tears
watching this piece again.

it's still so haunting
to see my father's footage
and to hear his voice at times
in the audio track.

it brings back so
many memories.

4 months of
not knowing what
was going to happen.