Contributions for 2014
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I have to prepare my heart for the onslaught of pressure to the healing wounds. I know that from Thanksgiving (our anniversary) through Christmas, I will hurt.
12/22/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014winter.jpg)
Volume 20, Issue 4
12/21/2014 - TAPS Quarterly Magazine![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-rhoten.jpg)
No matter where he is stationed, John remains committed to TAPS, ultimately adding to the success of the organization.
12/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-holidayinvites.jpg)
Here are some coping strategies on how to deal with invitations, shared by members of the TAPS Online Community.
12/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-whattowatch.jpg)
After viewing a film, it's important to be able to talk about your emotions with friends and family. TAPS is available 24/7 to offer support, call 800-959-TAPS.
12/21/2014 - Kelly Griffith![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-calendar.jpg)
Now I finally with the hard-learned ability concentrate on his life, the love he had for us, the great joys we shared together, and all the memories we cherish.
12/21/2014 - Marilyn Collins![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-bwlr.jpg)
The newly inaugurated Team TAPS will incorporate biking, walking, triathlons, swimming, tennis, and other competitive events.
12/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-resource.jpg)
On September 30, 2014, TAPS launched the Military Survivor Education Support Services Program at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
12/21/2014 - Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-letters.jpg)
Our hope is that you will find a true understanding of how much your TAPS family cares about you and is here for you.
12/21/2014 - Emily Munoz![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-giftofmemory.jpg)
Focusing exclusively on the past and ignoring the present is not healthy. But as you know, memories are all you have.
12/21/2014 - Bob Baugher![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-embracingsadness.jpg)
Sadness is a hallmark symptom of grief, which in turn is the consequence of losing something we care about.
12/21/2014 - Alan Wolfelt![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-copingwithholidays.jpg)
When a loved one has died, holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays inevitably bring fresh memories and a re-experience of the pain of grief.
12/21/2014 - Helen Fitzgerald![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-4-booksforholiday.jpg)
Here are some books that can help fill the void and bring extra support at this time of year.
12/21/2014 - Betsy Beard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014dec-greene.jpg)
I accomplished what I have been aiming to do for the last ten years. Since my husband died in 2004, it has been my main focus. I got both kids off to college.
12/16/2014 - Sarah Greene![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014dec-hill.jpg)
On October 26th, 2014 I ran the Marine Corps Marathon with TAPS, my second ever full marathon!
12/8/2014 - Rachael Hill![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014nov-food.jpg)
Honoring your loved one can be on a traditional holiday or one that is special just to your family and friends.
11/29/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014nov-bagosyjpg.jpg)
Okay, it's finished! The quest to honor my son, SGT Thomas R Bagosy USMC is complete.
11/24/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014dec-childgrieftips.jpg)
For children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or another significant person in their lives, the holiday season can be tough.
11/24/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014nov-snowman.jpg)
Grief episodes or meltdowns are times that are hard to control. Sometimes they arrive when you are at places or at times when you don't expect them.
11/22/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014nov-ambard.jpg)
As I ran the hills of the Athens Marathon today, I recognize a huge change that I have made.
11/17/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014nov-rose.jpg)
The discussion for this week focuses on a time or event when something happened and you felt your loved one close.
11/1/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015feb-ambard.jpg)
My other promise to Phil was to find a chapter two-find love again.
10/27/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-honoring.jpg)
Survivor stories are full of courage and the emotions they have as they serve others while celebrating the lives of their loved ones.
10/25/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-hope.jpg)
Phil's death caused a quake in my belief system and it has made me question who I am, what I stand for, and what I carry in my heart.
10/20/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-ok.jpg)
IT IS OK. Continue living for you and honoring them. The way I see it is it's your life and you have to continue living it, no one else…
10/13/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-jewelry.jpg)
Inside the heart locket is my son, Bryon's, boot camp picture. When I go to TAPS or military events, I wear other pins as well. However, the heart is always with me.
10/11/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014oct-cody.jpg)
I knew this would be a very difficult birthday to endure, and I wanted to be able to embrace it with open arms.
10/6/2014 - Peggy Scallorn![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2009/2009jun-goldstarpins.jpg)
There were so many good ideas that came in about the wearing and placement of jewelry in the home that there will be two weeks on this topic.
10/4/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-jointappeermentors.jpg)
Our Peer Mentor network is a circle of comfort, hope and understanding; at its core is survivors helping survivors heal through one-to-one connections.
9/30/2014 - TAPS Media![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-haycock.jpg)
In 2002 I lost my dad while he was training to deploy to Iraq. I was ten years old. College was the last thing on my mind and not high on my mother's priority list.
9/29/2014 - Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-beach.jpg)
Everyone's idea of a vacation is different. Mine involves either visiting relatives or going to the ocean beach.
9/27/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2016/2016apr-manfog.jpg)
Survivor mom, Betsy Beard shares the "normal" part of the fog of grief and how to deal with it in a positive light so you can eventually move on.
9/23/2014 - Betsy Beard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-cody.jpg)
Peggy Scallorn shares the grief of a military mother after losing her son to a veteran suicide and the help she got from TAPS.
9/23/2014 - Peggy Scallorn![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-bonilla.jpg)
Life… it happened...but I can't get over the "golden" years so to speak that I feel were suppose to happen in my life.
9/22/2014 - Tabitha Bonilla![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014fall.jpg)
Volume 20, Issue 3
9/21/2014 - TAPS Quarterly Magazine![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-welcomehome.jpg)
This was indeed "Mike's home." We felt so at peace about this whole area, and definitely about this particular spot.
9/21/2014 - Donna Elm![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-smithson.jpg)
Survivors who have been with TAPS since the early 2000s would probably recognize Shaun, as he's been a strong pillar of support through the years.
9/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-understanding.jpg)
I realize that what can trip us up the most in navigating grief is the "Why?" That one question burrows itself into our minds, multiplying the pain.
9/21/2014 - Emma Wright![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-toyourhealth.jpg)
Maintaining good health is critical to healthy grieving, progressing on our grief journey, establishing the "new normal" that allows us to love life again.
9/21/2014 - LaRita Archibald![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-capacitytolove.jpg)
What higher purpose is there in life but to give and receive love? Love is the essence of a life of abundance and joy.
9/21/2014 - Alan Wolfelt![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-strengthcommunication.jpg)
TAPS extends the loving atmosphere with special messages, publications, and online forums to inform, uplift, and sustain us as the journey continues.
9/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-caseworkpartnership.jpg)
The TAPS Casework Department is proud to be available for our TAPS family members, supporting them on a wide variety of topics and issues.
9/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-nowiamolder.jpg)
Both siblings began experiencing problems when they reached the age their sibling had been when he died.
9/21/2014 - Stephanie Frogge![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-learning.jpg)
To those who are trying to fake it and to those who are sitting on the fence, I highly encourage you to let go of your fears and join the TAPS family.
9/21/2014 - Amber Baum![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-classic.jpg)
Now in its ninth year, the three-day event held in June in Denver netted more than $250,000 to support TAPS programs.
9/21/2014 - Christine Burtt![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-waymenhealthumb.jpg)
the best way to promote healing in ourselves is to seek to understand. The Way Men Heal can help us on that journey.
9/21/2014 - Kyle Balduf![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-3-fewgoodmen.jpg)
I realized, when my son was about to turn eighteen, just how important these men had been. And thus was born "Project Eighteen."
9/21/2014 - Sarah Greene![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-bagosy.jpg)
Tommy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. We, his family, continue to live with this new normal.
9/15/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014sep-scallorn.jpg)
My life mission is to continue to keep his memory alive, bring awareness to others of suicide and hope to those of us who are living through the loss.
9/8/2014 - Peggy Scallorn![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014aug-sandheart.jpg)
When Phil's candle burned out far too early, I snuffed out a part of me with him. In the 23 years of marriage, I found a safe harbor to weather the storms in.
9/1/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014aug-bagosy.jpg)
My week started with my son getting married and ended with my father being buried with honor.
8/25/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015feb-ambard.jpg)
Three years after Phil was killed, I've realized that I, like most, had a skewed perception of grief.
8/18/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014aug-ruocco.jpg)
By engaging in suicide postvention to assist grieving military families, I was able to find new meaning and purpose in my life.
8/11/2014 - Kim Ruocco![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014aug-mojecki.jpg)
And replay that moment once again - Understand this painful journey - With compassion in your heart..
8/5/2014 - Karen Mojecki![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jul-hill.jpg)
In one breath four years seems like an eternity, but yet in another it feels like just yesterday.
7/28/2014 - Rachael Hill![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jul-newhouse.jpg)
My question throughout the ordeal was "Why now? Why here?" And the answer came to me: we were surrounded by our TAPS family and I felt supported by so many.
7/21/2014 - Debbie Newhouse![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jul-marcum.jpg)
More than nine years have disappeared since my brother died in Afghanistan. Nearly 3400 days. Or more than 4,896,000 minutes, if I were counting.
7/14/2014 - Michele Hiester Marcum![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jul-ambard.jpg)
I have a dress that sits in the back of my closet. I wear it on special occasions because of what it has come to represent.
7/7/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jun-booker.jpg)
He was a tall caramel complexioned man. His smile lit up when he walked into the room.
6/30/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015dec-ambard2.jpg)
Loneliness creeps up on a person. In unexpected traumatic death, there is no preparing for being alone.
6/23/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014summer.jpg)
Volume 20, Issue 2
6/21/2014 - TAPS Quarterly Magazine![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-understandingwidowsheart.jpg)
Being a widow (young or old, with kids or without) does not mean that the person has lost the ability to decide what is best for herself and her family.
6/21/2014 - Emma Wright![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-secondyear.jpg)
Another Gold Star Mother had told me the second year was worse than the first, and I didn't believe it. But it was true in many ways.
6/21/2014 - Janet Crane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-fabricofgrief.jpg)
Has your wardrobe changed since the loss of your loved one? I can tell you that mine has definitely changed.
6/21/2014 - Sarah Greene![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-tapscaregroups.jpg)
The need to be understood and to connect with others who understand is a key to finding hope and healing.
6/21/2014 - Zaneta Gileno![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-ruiz.jpg)
For Pablo, the bond that he shares with his mentee and seeing smiles on the faces of survivors is what it's all about.
6/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-helpline.jpg)
TAPS chooses to make services and support available every day of the year and any time of the night or day through constant access to the TAPS helpline.
6/21/2014 - Kyle Balduf![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-helpingsuicidesurvivorheal.jpg)
As helpers, we need to provide support and acceptance so that survivors can grieve in healthy ways.
6/21/2014 - Alan Wolfelt![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-healingthruwriting.jpg)
Without Miles, I started to understand that I might grieve forever, but I would still need a reason to get out of bed. Writing became that reason.
6/21/2014 - Artis Henderson![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-griefhealth.jpg)
The loss of a loved one to death is a life-shattering experience. It affects us physically as well as emotionally.
6/21/2014 - Margaret Gerner![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-unremarried.jpg)
Unremarried Widow (Simon & Schuster, 2014) is an honest, gripping memoir about a fresh, bold love sandwiched between two eerily similar tragedies.
6/21/2014 - Joanne Steen![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-2-feelingway.jpg)
I learned a long time ago that there is no way around grief. The only way through grief is…through it.
6/21/2014 - Betty Ann Rutledge![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jun-bagosy.jpg)
I believe that my quest to know Tommy was successful, but I still realize I will never know why.
6/17/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jun-nesle.jpg)
The TAPS family is really just that - a family. The event feels like one big family reunion with a matriarch (Bonnie), some wizened elders, many children.
6/12/2014 - Heather Nesle![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jun-hill.jpg)
I feel like I am finally ready to let some of it go and only keep what truly matters most, but it still isn't easy.
6/9/2014 - Rachael Hill![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-mcshan.jpg)
The importance of having someone who can understand what you've been through was so clear to me when TAPS helped me through my mourning.
6/2/2014 - Paul McShan![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-national.jpg)
Thank you to First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden for sitting with TAPS children in the amphitheater yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery.
5/28/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-flagsunset.jpg)
Being a true Patriot means that we actively seek ways to honor the fallen by teaching the living.
5/26/2014 - Michele Hiester Marcum![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-ambard.jpg)
Who am I without my Phil next to me? Who am I and where do I go next?
5/19/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-ambarddance.jpg)
It is my year of promise, new beginnings, hope, and I intuitively know that I will find my way.
5/19/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-gonzalez.jpg)
I love being a part of these girls' lives, but most importantly, I love how much they have influenced my life.
5/12/2014 - Amanda Gonzalez![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-review.jpg)
TAPS sends our thoughts to you and shares we are only a phone call away. Call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-959-TAPS (8277).
5/7/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-scallorn.jpg)
Helping others on their grief journey has also allowed myself to better understand my own grief.
5/5/2014 - Peggy Scallorn![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-callanan.jpg)
For those who have never served our country, TAPS provides the perfect vehicle to physically show your appreciation for the ultimate sacrifice of others.
4/28/2014 - Casey Callanan![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2015/2015feb-ambard.jpg)
April is my celebrate life month. I simply look for ways to celebrate the life I have been given and for ways to honor the man who loved me well for 23 years.
4/21/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-review.jpg)
The TAPS peer mentoring model will be templated and utilized to create a new network to help military and veteran caregivers.
4/16/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-rozier.jpg)
This past month my sister-in-law remarried. She and my brother met at Texas A&M and married the week following graduation.
4/14/2014 - Elizabeth Rozier![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-path.jpg)
Survivors talk about honoring loved ones by helping others or dedicating work to the communities that supported their families in the time of need.
4/12/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-windy25.jpg)
The Windy25 Memorial 5K is dedicated to the memory of the flight crew and passengers of the Windy25, an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter that crashed.
4/9/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-hoodmp3.jpg)
When a major military tragedy like the shooting at Fort Hood happens, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) springs into action.
4/7/2014 - WBUR/NPR![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-payforward.jpg)
As a way to pay it forward to TAPS, my younger son Cole came up with a wonderful idea of how we could help raise funds for TAPS programs and services.
4/7/2014 - Bobbie McHenry![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-abouttaps-saic.jpg)
(TAPS) is the national organization providing compassionate care for the families of America's fallen military heroes
4/3/2014 - TAPS Media![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014apr-gala.jpg)
The 2014 TAPS Honor Guard Gala was held Thursday, March 27th. It was a remarkable evening for TAPS as we celebrated our 20th Anniversary.
4/2/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014may-abouttappeermentors.jpg)
The TAPS peer mentoring program connects surviving families of our fallen troops with each other for companionship and support.
3/31/2014 - TAPS Media![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-bunting.jpg)
This year's Senator Ted Stevens Leadership Award at the TAPS Honor Guard Gala honoree was Nicki Bunting.
3/31/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-ambard.jpg)
Sometimes in the quiet moments the longing sneaks in. It comes in my sleeping hours when I will awake with a sense of wanting and knowing all that has been lost.
3/24/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-bobdanny.jpg)
Danny was a good Marine and veteran. He volunteered with the VFW and Vietnam vets. Here we are sitting on Santa's lap, way back in 1966.
3/24/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014spring.jpg)
Volume 20, Issue 1
3/21/2014 - TAPS Quarterly Magazine![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-attendingtapsevents.jpg)
Deciding to go to a TAPS event can be difficult for the new survivor. We question how we will fit in, how we will be treated, and what the event will be like.
3/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-understanding.jpg)
My mindset was one of independence and resilience. I wanted nothing except to take care of Kiley and raise her in a way that would make Todd proud.
3/21/2014 - Emma Wright![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-findingpeace.jpg)
Finding Peace Without All the Pieces has helped me to patch up some holes in my heart and recognize and validate the victory of living after such tragic loss.
3/21/2014 - Rebecca Morrison![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-boxes.jpg)
It is said that one of the tasks of grieving is to relocate the loved one from being a physical presence to that of residing in our hearts and memories.
3/21/2014 - Betsy Beard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-coldhands.jpg)
Sitting on the plane from Seattle to Anchorage, my heart was a mix of emotions. I was headed for the TAPS siblings retreat in beautiful Alaska in February 2013.
3/21/2014 - Kelly Griffith![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-friendsoftaps.jpg)
Oshkosh Defense has generously supported TAPS national programs for three consecutive years and has supported the TAPS Honor Guard Gala.
3/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-guilt.jpg)
Guilt feelings are our brain’s way of attempting to make sense of something that defies logic.
3/21/2014 - Bob Baugher![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-ididnotcry.jpg)
The soul-crushing weight of grief is almost more than a person can bear, and we often wonder if the day will ever come when we'll smile or laugh again.
3/21/2014 - Dennis Apple![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-resourceeduation.jpg)
One of our goals at TAPS is to make every effort to ensure that surviving military dependents are not put in a position to pay for school out of pocket or through loans.
3/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-carroll.jpg)
Safe enough to cry, safe enough to laugh, safe enough to share dreams. Twenty years ago, one of those dreams became a reality with the creation of TAPS
3/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-nikkibunting.jpg)
Nicki Bunting may be a busy single mom to two active little boys, but she also cares about helping others and wants to give back to the community.
3/21/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/20-1-whyrituals.jpg)
Why rituals are essential and how you can continue to use the power of ritual to help yourself and your family heal, even long after the death and funeral.
3/21/2014 - Alan Wolfelt![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-palmer.jpg)
When it was time to for us to leave, Charles drove us to the airport. Yep, that was a hug to remember. I didn't know then that it would have to last a lifetime.
3/17/2014 - Charles Palmer![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-comforting.jpg)
Finding ways to help others who are grieving can be easier when you think of the support others gave you.
3/15/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-goodwin.jpg)
My children and I suffered through the sudden and untimely death of my husband, we also survived the same car accident which claimed his life.
3/10/2014 - Bridget Singletary-Goodwin![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014mar-retreat.jpg)
TAPS extends our sincere condolences to the family of our mentor and friend Darcie Sims.
3/5/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-ambarddance.jpg)
For some reason this year, Valentine's Day is gouging me. This day has become my "Single Awareness Day."
3/3/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-songsheart.jpg)
This week, members of our TAPS family shared songs that are meaningful to them.
3/1/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-national.jpg)
This week, survivors who have attended the National Military Survivor Seminar share their experience with survivors who have not attended.
2/22/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-dozier.jpg)
Oh my God. This is real. Jon's dead. Never fully exhaling, I crumbled to the floor.
2/17/2014 - Amy Dozier![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-booker.jpg)
My holiday season is over after all the rose petals have fallen and the boxes of chocolate hearts are empty.
2/10/2014 - Shanette Booker![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-capitals.jpg)
Washington Capitals hosted more than 120 children and adults assisted by TAPS for a skating party at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.
2/5/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014feb-ambard.jpg)
Those sparks ignited with the magic of Disney and are blazing. I chose Disney because it is a happy place and my inner girl child comes out.
2/3/2014 - Linda Ambard![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-hill.jpg)
Change is sometimes the only constant we can rely on in our lives. No matter how good or bad a situation is, at some point it will inevitably change.
1/27/2014 - Rachael Hill![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-marcum.jpg)
I have my memories, both old and new. And for that, I am grateful.
1/20/2014 - Michele Hiester Marcum![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-monument.jpg)
TAPS stands ready to assist the families of our fallen troops and welcomes anyone grieving the death of a service member, regardless of where they died or how they died.
1/16/2014 - TAPS![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-bagosy.jpg)
There are a thousand individual events that occur where each family feels the loss. Things left unsaid; regrets for a life lost so young.
1/13/2014 - Bob Bagosy![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-bravery.jpg)
Self-care is not selfish; it is necessary to replenish ourselves so we can have the stamina to care for others.
1/11/2014 - Carol Lane![img-description](/globalassets/our-stories/2014/2014jan-retreats.jpg)
Going to a seminar or a retreat can be a moving experience. If you haven’t attended either, you may want to know the special qualities of each.
1/4/2014 - Carol Lane