Benefits
Dear the VA's office,
I've wanted to speak with you for a while now.
My mother fought in Iraq for a year and a half. She risked her life for you.
She left when I was 12, I went through puberty without her.
She's a single mom of 3.
She thought the Army was a way to escape poverty.
Instead it left our family even more broken, with scars.
We reeped no benefit.
We were denied GI Bill support.
I am $100,000 in debt for my education and the number keeps going up.
I hate you Government, I hate you Army, I hate the educational system in this country.
A turmoil of curruption and greed.
I deserve financial support. My family deserves support.
Sincerely, Madelynn
P.S.- This isn't the last you've heard of me.
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