When someone is hurting and in a dark place, ex-cop Greg Freeman shows them how to make a pen from wood.
He then instructs them to use the pen to sign all their important papers.
“It’s very therapeutic,” said Freeman, who retired with a medical disability after serving 31 years with the Minneapolis Police Department. His disability was diagnosed as post-traumatic-stress-disorder, or PTSD. And he’s decided it’s his mission in life to help others significantly touched by trauma by teaching them woodworking.
When word spread that Freeman had left the department due to PTSD, others who were struggling reached out. He invited anyone who needed to talk to a wood shop in his garage. “I noticed people were stressed out. I’d tell them,…
