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When SPC Kayla Williams and SGT Brian McGough met at a mountain outpost in Iraq in 2003, only their verbal sparring may have betrayed a hint of attraction. Neither may have predicted the collection of events that could form their lives. Brian, on his way back to basic after mid-tour leave, was wounded with a roadside bomb that delivered shrapnel through his brain. Kayla waited anxiously for information and, on going back home, sought out Brian. Both commenced a tentative relationship and later wedded, but neither expected the consequences of Brian's injury on the lives. Missing essential support for going back veterans from the armed forces and the VA, Kayla and Brian experienced through posttraumatic stress, amplified by his violent feeling swings, her battles to reintegrate into a country still oblivious to women veterans, and what seemed the callous, consumerist indifference of civilian culture most importantly. Kayla persevered. So does Brian. They fought for his or her marriage, drawing on exceptional reservoirs of courage and dedication. They confronted their demons head-on, impatient with phoniness of any sort out. Inspired by an unwavering ethos of service, they continuing to stand on common surface. Finally, they found their own paths to recovery and wholeness, both as individuals so that as a family group, in dedication to a larger community.
