Family activities are always things that tend to bring us closer to the ones that we already love. In this story we hear of a little brother talk about his experiences fishing with his father and his older brother as if they were the greatest memories that he ever had in his life. Starting from the age of three all the way through his teenage years he reminisces about the lessons that he learned while he was on his great grandfather's boat sitting next to his brother and father on the lake fishing. It is in these moments, these private sacred moments that so many family stories are shared and bonds are crafted. It is on one of these trips that his older brother Jason tells him that after high school he's decided to join the military. And while he is scared for his brother, he is also very proud and supportive, because that is the type of family they are. He cries as Jason leaves for boot camp and counts down the days until his big brother comes home. Unfortunately, when Jason returns, he is different, changed, affected by the experience of going through training that could potentially send him to a war zone where he may have to defend his country by taking someone's life.

Many attribute PTSD only to soldiers who have experienced war, but for some the training to get to that war is traumatizing enough. The family comes together as best they can to support Jason through the next chapter of his life. But one thing is clear, when he takes his big brother back out on the boat to experience the calm of the water, the beauty of the sunrise, and all of the joys that they had shared their entire life, he knows that his big brother is going to be okay.