More soldiers, more grief
July 22, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Military Deaths
Forget whether the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq are right – that is not relevant to this blog post – but it seems that each day I watch the news there are more deaths in Afghanistan. More fathers, sons, daughters, wives dying, more coffins returning home to their family.
For someone who knows the devastation of death, I just cannot imagine what these familes go through. What they go through when they are alive fighting on the front line and what they go through when they hear that fateful news…..
I don’t think I could cope with the not knowing, the fear, the loss….and I just wanted to write somewhere to say…
I cannot ever imagine your pain, I cannot imagine what it is like losing someone through war and fighting for the democracy of others. I cannot imagine how I can help you, but know this….my thoughts, my prayers are with you all. There is not one day that I don’t think about the pain….it is true that these soldiers will never be forgotten.
I completely agree with this. I don’t think that people living on the mainland even know what sacrifice our military makes, not to mention the families left behind. Some think it’s no big deal, but it is monumental!
Kim Carolan
Author of Walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
Kim
I wonder whether the people do but it is just the media that don’t?