Lynette’s Corner
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Lynette’s Corner
Fragments: A Conversation with My Dad
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In this tender and deeply personal episode, Lynn shares a recorded interview she had with her father, a Vietnam War combat veteran who passed away last year. What unfolds is as much about what he says as what he can't bring himself to say.
Together, the hosts listen and then unpack the gaps: the fragmented storytelling, the detachment, the way he reframes a year of war as "easy riding" on a beach. Through a clinical and deeply personal lens, your hosts help listeners understand what trauma responses can actually look like, not just flashbacks and breakdowns, but smooth, emotionless retellings with no beginning, middle, or end.
This one is about fathers and daughters, the cost of war on the people who come home, the failures of a system meant to care for veterans, and the stories families carry without ever fully understanding them.
To all the service members (and families) out there, we thank you for your service and sacrifice.