My great-grandfather served in World War I.
My grandfather served in World War II.
My father served during peace time.
My fiance is currently serving in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
To save money for a wedding dress, my great-grandmother, Gertrude, picked cotton. She was later swindled out of that money by her own brother.
I got the news today of an attack on Chris' unit which took the lives of 2 soldiers who were also husbands and fathers.
I take refuge in knowing that my grandmothers got through war.
Bettie had never realized how round the world really was. Time was a wheel turning and the same spokes kept coming round, familiar and predictable and personal. War had taken the boys away again.... it seemed that they had been through a war just the other day.
--- From True Women by Janice Woods Windle
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