We talk with the husband between deployments, processing a bit about some internal changes in regards to increased co-consciousness and changing therapists. We also talk about the pull between connecting with friendships and disconnecting when what feels safe feels hard. Trigger warning for reference to Christmas and to God, but only in context to the time of year in passing. There is also a reference to being trapped and a mention of blood, but only in passing as part of a poem. There are also explicit statements, without any details or further disclosure, that the mother hurt us and the father touched us, as part of the poem.