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When the burden becomes too much, call the Chivers
Justin used to carry other people’s lives in his arms.
As a combat medic with the Army infantry in Afghanistan, he shouldered men twice his size, their gear heavy with ammunition and dust, pulling them out of danger without hesitation. The weight never scared him; it defined him. Strong, steady, capable.
But war leaves its own weight behind. Fourteen years later, Justin bent to lift something as light as a pair of shorts, and his back gave out. Five-gallon water jugs, once nothing to a soldier like him, now feel impossible. A man who once carried others could not carry himself.
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