Articles by Topics: Survivor Voices
My grief journey began when my older son Julian was killed in Iraq on May 22, 2007. I knew that I wanted to do something positive in his honor...
More» Co-conspirators. Confidants. Comrades. Alternately friend and foe. Two apples from the very same tree. That was us, my brother and me…
More» Missing Max: Finding Hope After My Marine Son’s Death - Had I any previous vision of that title...
More» It was a cold, dreary, wet November morning in Oregon.
More» One of the things that someone said to me shortly after Matthew died in 2007 was...
More» A picture is worth a thousand words. That’s all I need to say when someone views...
More» It all started years back at a Philadelphia Eagles game. My brother-in-law invited me down to ...
More» The year was 2004. For the first time, TAPS expanded the Run and Remember Team to include our TAPS children running...
More» Gardening can be such a personal journey; it’s not just about planting a seed and ...
More» I was in search of vinegar when it happened. I had just checked on my infant son and was on my way to the cabinet...
More» Grief feels a lot like winter. Winter is cloudy, overcast, and cold. The heavy, gray skies make you want to withdraw.
More» With the coming of the holiday season, do widows and widowers feel more alone? I know I always do.
More» Now that I am a year and a half beyond the death of my fiancé, I am able to hold my footing a bit longer these days and look back.
More» I am a 25 year old 7th grade Language Arts teacher and a wife whose husband died by suicide...
More» There is a heart-shaped wooden plaque that hangs on the wall in my kitchen. It says "Home is where our story begins..."
More» The story of Klinger is a journey of loss, grief, and hope, which many of us kids can identify with...
More» In October 1983, Navy Lieutenant John Hudson was packing to return from a deployment...
More» Every day, when I get to work and flip the switch on my computer, I come face to face with the image of Private First Class Cody Grater...
More» Ever since March 11, 2008, I have been teetering on the edge. On that day I received the heartbreaking news...
More» Many of us have been faced with multiple shipments of personal effects from various corners of the world. Others of us are denied...
More» It is an odd and frightening sensation to wish you were dead. After my husband died I fervently wished I could die, too
More» I could not comprehend when three Air Force officials knocked on my door to tell me that my husband...
More» I thought my life was over when my husband, Marine Corp Major John Ruocco took his own life. The thought of going on and raising...
More» Please realize that I love your son…and I know you do as well. There was nothing fair or normal about him...
More» My family has always loved Christmas, and it is a wonderful time of year...
More» I used to think life was an adventure. I had lived through so much in my few years...
More» At lunch on the first day of the Survivor Weekend in May, I searched the room...
More» For many surviving families who have lost a loved one in the military, our interactions with the media are interwoven...
More» Not many people can understand the full impact of opening the front door to find military casualty officers...
More» Why is it that human beings, when faced with the unknowable, develop expectations of how it is going to be?
More» Almost 2000 service members make the ultimate sacrifice each year. The military survivor must face...
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