Over at The Unconscious Warrior Project my wife and I are calling out to veterans, their spouses, loved ones, and significant others to tell us your stories. War takes its toll on so many different levels, and we want to hear what changes it has had in you, and what you have done in your life to live with these changes, work to approach them, and incorporate and work with them in your daily life.

Our goal with this project is to become a non-profit company, receive donations, and run veterans support and outreach programs from our home in Black Hawk, Colorado. We will have an open dialogue between veterans, discussing how we have changed and what we can do to not let some of the negative affectations of war take over our lives. We expect to begin groups this summer.

The stories we ask for now may be incorporated into a book that Sara and I are writing, that will hopefully help other veterans work in their relationships like we have learned to work in ours. It has been a long, arduous road, but one that is more than worth it.

So, if you are a veteran, a spouse of a veteran, active duty military, or a family member or significant other, we want to hear from you. How have you changed? How has your life changed? How has your relationship changed? What have you had to change to incorporate what has happened during war into your daily life? How has it affected you, for better or for worse?

Please visit The Unconscious Warrior Project to read more, or email us: Sara Perna or Mark Perna