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Photo supplied by © 2025 Daryl Bradley
Thorold armed forces vet recounts struggle
with post-mission PTSD
Daryl Bradley served in the armed forces 1989-1994
Updated February 20, 2025
As part of a UN peacekeeping mission in Africa in 1994, Canadian soldier Daryl Bradley discovered first-hand the horrors of the infamous 100-day genocide in Rwanda, Africa -- and the inevitable struggle with PTSD he and many of his colleagues experienced upon their return home.
This book, his first, recounts his struggle to maintain personal relationships through a dark depression crushing his every waking moment only to worsen at night with constant nightmares, hallucinations and insomnia.
It was the help of two friends, he writes, and his own survival mode, that grants Daryl the strength to overcome the ghosts that haunt him.
The highly personal and candid 168-page memoir confirms the importance of adequate support systems for veterans and the negative effects of PTSD.
Now living with his two adult children in Thorold, Ont., he keeps busy writing poetry, riding his motorcycle, painting and playing guitar.
To The Beat of a Different Drum: The Story of One Ex Soldier's Struggles with PTSD can be purchased through FriesenPress.
Photo supplied by © 2025 Daryl Bradley
Photos supplied by © 2025 Lori Littleton
St. Catharines story teller releases first book
Updated January 22, 2025
Lori Littleton was born to write -- for newspapers, journals, and magazines, all around southern Ontario, Canada. And she's a heck of an editor and speech writer, too. But now, the active mom can add book author to her long list of accomplishments. The St. Catharines resident and former politician, including a successful stint as deputy mayor of St. Catharines, recently released her first book, In Repair. We're looking forward to interviewing Lori for the print issue of Homegrown Niagara Magazine due out in May. In the meantime, you can learn more about this accomplished young woman by perusing her Web page. See you soon, Lori!