When I was a kid my dad gave me his medals to play as toys. I knotted them with strings and dragged them around the yard. Few years later, they rewarded money to people who were on international missions in the military. And we didn't have the evidence to collect it.
My mom said all the time how my dad left the military too early while having good records and could go further as a career. But he never said why.
I'm thinking about how many of us decide to never tell our stories. Because we are so sure that no one else would understand.