Hero Stories for June 2015

It's been 12 years and 2 months since we were given the news that every parent of a serviceman fears. PFC Jason M Meyer was KIA in Operation Iraqi Freedom, on 08 APR 2003 at the Baghdad Airport.  So, how does a parent or step-parent of a war death cope? We get involved with Gold Star groups and other parents. We search on line for ways to memorialize them. We make contact with other "survivors" and groups. We never let them be forgotten.  One of the first "things" we were given, w...

My friend lost his friend recently ~ this is what Garrett wrote to honor his friend, and to begin his healing process of grief. Poignant, and a fitting tribute, have a hanky ready.   "That day the sun shown bright, and the wind blew lightly. It was a beautiful day, and yet the most somber of my life. The same flag we wore on our shoulders with pride, is now draped over you. The wind dare not move this one though. We went to hell on the other side of the world, and made it back whole. ...