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Continue reading →: Giving Thanks…The table was a sprawling tapestry of culinary delectation! My nose was helplessly seduced by the meandering aromas that filled the living space of our home. It was Thanksgiving, and my mother had spent the working hours of a day confined to the laboratory that was her kitchen. Throughout the…
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Continue reading →: Tapestry Of Torment.Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake… oh what a fortunate peace that would make… No, this is not a declaration that I wish to die. I do not. Despite how it reads. Rather, this…
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Continue reading →: The Return!Hello everyone! Don’t adjust your eyes, it’s true – I am BACK! I know that it has been a while since my last post and I would like to humbly apologize for my truancy. Now, when I say, unexcused absence, what I mean is that I simply and seemingly disappeared…
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Continue reading →: HomeI grew-up in a small town. A sleepy little place that should you find yourself unsuspectingly passing through, you may miss it if you happen to blink for long enough. It’s a beautiful place. A place carved deep into the glen of a mountainous landscape and nestled gently along the…
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Continue reading →: Strange BedfellowThere is a profound sadness that lingers deep inside of me. It has always been there, I think. Its potency was however fostered by the tableau of traumas experienced within my chosen career paths. It is a sadness that seeps into my bones like moisture to dirt. Only it is…
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Continue reading →: Next Stop, Flashback…Today has been a gorgeous day! The sun has loomed overhead without a cloud in the sky; a crystal-blue canvas for the orb to dance around on. Down below on the city streets, colors are vibrant and alive while basking in the summer’s glow. I woke-up this morning, had a…
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Continue reading →: Hands Through HairMy fingers are still damp with tears as I write this. I woke up from a vicious nightmare moments ago. A series of images and sounds that slashed through my slumber sending my rest into oblivion. I jettisoned into consciousness while holding my pillow atop of my hand as though…
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Continue reading →: Sunday, Bloody Sunday…It was a Sunday, a beautiful Sunday. My girlfriend and I had just arrived at her family’s farm and were looking forward to a brief reprieve away from the brashness of city life. Her father owned a stretch of land that carved itself into the rolling dunes of the Alberta…
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Continue reading →: Taps…I believe I have mentioned it before, somewhere within the verbose script that is my blog, how a simple gesture that is meant in kindness can cripple me for a few yet agonizing seconds. I am positive that within a passing paragraph or two I have lamented about it. Though,…
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I’m Matthew
Welcome to the official blog of Matthew Heneghan — author of A Medic’s Mind and Woven in War, and host of the trauma-focused podcast Unwritten Chapters.
As a former Canadian Armed Forces medic and civilian paramedic, I’ve lived through the raw edges of trauma, addiction, grief, and healing. Through honest storytelling and lived experience, I write and speak about PTSD, trauma recovery, mental health awareness, and resilience — especially from the lens of veterans and first responders.
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