Husband Finds Career: The Payoff
My husband became a military veteran at the tender age of 21. The cause of his discharge? a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which affects a large percentile of our military personnel. With this discharge came the end of a career. He believed this is what his life was meant to be about, but after just two years serving, he was back at home with his parents, trying to sort his future out. Within just a few months, he was setup with the Department of Veterans Affairs and awarded a disability compensation check. He would claim this every month for years to come. If you aren't familiar with these allowances, they are about the equivalent of having a 30-hour work week at a place like Target or Home Depot. For the first few years, while still living at home, he was set. This was more than enough to cover expenses while he set off on the next adventure: going to college, also paid for by the VA. After meeting me, later getting married and starting out on our...