Being a “Steward of the Lord’s Creation”

Welcome to the first in our new video series, “Zoom Musings,” featuring Observer writer Sam Alix in conversation with people – especially veterans – whose everyday lives have been impacted by COVID-19.

In this video, Sam Alix, an Air Force veteran, had the opportunity to converse with Josh Truxal, a Navy veteran and spouse of a nurse working with COVID-19 patients daily. Many parallels are shared between trauma experienced in the military and what today’s frontline workers are facing in intensive care units overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

Truxal’s wife, Melinda, is an ICU nurse in a Houston hospital that is currently facing the same dire situation they faced in the first, second and third waves of the American COVID epidemic. Josh talks frankly about how he has helped his wife by sharing techniques that ease his own PTSD symptoms.

The bottom line? Wearing a mask sucks sometimes, it might be nice to hit a crowded party like in the old days, but in the end it’s all about taking care of each other.

“I believe I am a steward of the Lord’s creation,” says Josh. Watch to learn more.

Sam Alix is a regular contributor to the Observer and is the co-founder of CHAMP; visit www.champ.vet to learn more.

Feature photo credit: Photo by Nicholas Bartos on Unsplash