Sarah Blum, ARNP, Vietnam Veteran, therapist, author of Women Under Fire, Abuse in the Military. Sarah is a consistent, wise, and joyful presence in Veteran Rites Circles of Return and an 80-years young initiate of the Rite of Return ceremony.

Sarah is a decorated nurse Vietnam veteran who earned the Army Commendation Medal serving as an operating room nurse at the 12th Evacuation Hospital Cu Chi, Vietnam during the height of the fighting in 1967. Because Cu Chi sat on the edge of the Hobo Woods, where all the fighting took place in 1967, her hospital handled mass casualties regularly and their operating room became the largest user of fresh blood in all of Vietnam Back in the United States, Sarah received her brother soldiers of Vietnam with their wounds and amputations, cared for them directly and saw how their physical wounds did not heal when their heads and hearts were deeply affected. She was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for exemplary service as head nurse of the orthopedic ward at Madigan Army Hospital in 1968, where she was also the assistant director of nursing on evening and night shift in 1970.

In this weekly online circle Sarah will share her stories of a life fully lived, as warrior, healer, ceremonialist, adventurer, and elder.

Zoom Link https://zoom.us/j/96332658665