Our July Veteran Artist Spotlight falls on Veteran & Author Kim DeFiori! Kim DeFiori (she/her/hers) is a retired Army Officer. Last year she published her first book “Lessons from Thor: Healing with a Service Dog’s Touch” and had her first ever...
“Modern nations are principally defined by the stories we tell about our collective selves: our victories and defeats, our heroes and foes; our distinctive values and ways of being, all of which are encoded in the tales we tell and enjoy.” Will Storr, The Science of...
2022 marked our fifth year of operation as a non-profit organization, an odds-defying milestone we don’t take for granted. A small board of committed, hard-working volunteers without extensive non-profit experience founded this organization alongside me. What...
Imagining Another Way I sat down to write a note about gratitude, as is the custom. And there is plenty to be grateful for: this community, the outpouring of support that carries it forward—our board, our advisory board, the facilitators that share their talents, the...
In January, Mission Belonging celebrated our 5th year. It’s been a long road, and we couldn’t have traveled it without you. Many of you know the history of this program: In 2010 I started a job at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and what I learned there...
