Shani's essay "Parachutes" is featured in  the Armed Services Arts Partnership's 2024 Anthology:  Partnerships: The Untold Stories.

Have you ever wondered how you can support military members, veterans, and their families? This book gives you a glimpse into the lives of those who have served and those who have supported them.  Discover the  nuances, surprises, joy, sorrow, heroism, tears, healing power, and ache of partnerships. 

Shani's essay "Parachutes" will give you a glimpse into the sacredness of veterans sitting around a fire telling stories, or what her dear friend Chrissy Fasseel calls, "Sea Stories." 

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A journey to reconnect with friends across boundaries of space and time.

After the loss of our baby boy, our family explores life and death through the comfort of a stream. 

The Consequence Forum's Latest publication has been released. My essay, "A Veteran's Search for Truth" is featured along with writers from Burma, Iran, Morocco, and all over the world. 

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"A Veteran's Search for Truth" explores Shani's journey as an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran visiting the War Remnants Museum in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. As Shani encounters the museum’s portrayal of America’s role in the Vietnam War, she humbly reflects on her own nation’s bombings, torture, and use of Agent Orange. This museum is a launching pad to her own memories as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan months earlier.

War is not black and white, and this essay shows her own grappling to understand truth in it all. 

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The Consequence Forum addresses the consequences, realities, and experiences of war and geopolitical violence through literature, art, and community events. We provide the public with works and voices from around the world to promote a clearer and more nuanced understanding of what’s at stake in choosing to wage war or engage in conflict. 

I had the honor of partnering with a veteran, Kacee Reed to tell a story of healing.  Follow her journey through the tragedy of a mare and her foals; then gain a sene of hope while she invites you into her ceramic studio.

Bullets and Bandaids will be releasing my essay "Death to Life" in their upcoming publication.  Stay tuned for a traveling exhibit that will be created from this essay and other veteran's stories.