Sunday, May 14, 2006
Mother's Day 2006 and the Veterans of Iraq War
A Day to Celebrate Women * Veterans tell their Stories
Mother's Day is not only for mothers. It is for all women---to be celebrated, to be praised, to be remembered.
In Their Own Words,The Washington Post contains a great item---comments of 100 veterans who served in Iraq. They tell their stories--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Read them; think about those who are still out there; rejoice about those who returned whole. And don't forget the more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians who have died since President Bush began his war on March 20, 2003.
- How can you describe what that was like? Who would understand it?
- Nobody. So Reuter keeps his mouth shut. His army uniform is packed in a box in the garage. He hasn't looked at it in months. Instead, he kisses his baby boy every night. He gets on with his life, because that's what everyone else is doing.
- At home in Newnan, Ga., there is no war.
- "It doesn't cross their minds," Reuter said. "To them, everything is fine."
