The Caregiver's Circle
A dedicated space within our community for the people who stand beside veterans with care, strength, and resilience.
For caregivers in the room
This site is a tool you can bring to them
Many veterans you care for may not be able to navigate a website on their own — and that's exactly why this site was built with you in mind. You are the bridge. Everything here can be used in the room, at the bedside, on a walk, or over a cup of coffee.
Print a poem
Moe's poems are short, visual, and deeply human. Print one and bring it to a visit. Read it aloud. Ask: does this feel familiar? You don't need to explain it — just let it open a door.
Show the art
Moe's drawings and Aidee's watercolors can be shown on a tablet or printed. Art speaks when words are hard to find. A single image can start a conversation that nothing else could.
Read a daily reflection
The homepage carries seven daily reflections rooted in Viktor Frankl's work on meaning and resilience. Read one aloud at the start of a visit. They are gentle, brief, and grounding.
Pause for prayer
For veterans and caregivers who draw on faith, a moment of prayer can be a quiet anchor in a difficult visit. The Resilience Rx section includes a link to a free 3-minute virtual prayer retreat from Loyola Press — a brief, guided pause rooted in Ignatian spirituality. You can open it together, or simply mention it as something to return to.
Play Moe's music
Moe's music section on his page includes recordings you can play together. Music reaches places that conversation sometimes cannot. Let it play in the background, or listen side by side.
Share a zine
Moe's hand-drawn zines can be printed and handed to a veteran to hold. Something tangible — made by another veteran — carries a different weight than a screen. The Resilience zine is a good place to start.
Explore resources together
The Real Resources page holds books, programs, and organizations. Browse it together and let the veteran point to what draws them. The Resilience Rx section lists specific programs worth bringing to a care team.
Listen to Yon's poems
Yon's poems on the Poetry page include audio recordings — many can be listened to directly, not just read. If the veteran you care for finds reading difficult, press play and let the words come to them. Yon's voice carries lived experience: Army service, homelessness, decades of undiagnosed ADHD, addiction, and a faith in God that became his anchor. His poems are story-like and full of rhyme — the kind that pull you in and carry you somewhere. You can listen together, or simply leave one playing.
A voice for caregivers to share
Finding faith amidst addiction and ADHD
Yon the Rhymester did not finish high school — but he earned his GED through military service, and he served in the Army. He has lived through homelessness. He spent decades navigating addiction and a restless, searching mind that never quite fit the world around him. He did not know until his 60s that he had ADHD. That diagnosis, when it finally came, was not just a medical label. It was a key that unlocked a lifetime of questions — why things had always felt so hard, why the mind raced, why stillness was so difficult to find. With the right support and medication, something shifted. Life before the diagnosis and life after it are two different chapters, and Yon has lived both.
But the deeper anchor in Yon's life is faith. He found Jesus — not as a comfort, but as a calling. He knows scripture deeply and personally, the way someone knows it who has needed it to survive. He lives what he believes: every day with purpose, every poem a form of ministry, every word offered in service to others who are still searching. He knows what it is to be lost — truly lost, without a home, without a diagnosis, without a name for the struggle — and he knows what it is to be found.
For caregivers supporting veterans who are struggling with addiction, a late diagnosis, homelessness, or a crisis of meaning — Yon's story is one you can bring into the room. His poems have audio recordings so they can be listened to, not just read. They are story-like and full of rhyme — the kind that pull you in and carry you somewhere. They speak to the experience of living a hard life and choosing, day after day, to keep going — not alone, but held by something larger.
"He knows what it was like before the diagnosis, and after. He knows what it is to be homeless, to serve, to struggle without knowing why — and to be transformed by faith into someone living every day with purpose. He is an epitome of resilience after a faith in God. That is rare wisdom, and it belongs to anyone who needs it. You can also read his poem, The Epitome of Resiliency."
A space to share and be seen
The Caregiver's Circle will grow with contributions from family members, friends, and professional caregivers. Stories, art, photographs, reflections, and other expressions of resilience will be welcomed here as this shared space takes shape.
Caregiver contribution
Aidee's art collection
Aidee shares a growing collection of watercolor studies and expressive works shaped by nature, color, memory, and care.
Nature, color, and quiet moments
Select an artwork to view it more closely.
New collection — September 2026
Aidee's latest works
Eighteen new pieces added this month — from a quiet beach in grey tones to a vibrant ofrenda shelf, a dancing heron, birch trees in golden light, and a botanical mandala. Each one signed H.P.
Share your contribution
Are you a caregiver with art, writing, photographs, or reflections to share? The Caregiver's Circle welcomes your voice.
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