by Mary Elizabeth Morgan, who remembers her only sibling, Sgt. Curtis F. Greene, who honorably served our country and died by suicide. _____ My Continue Reading
Gold Star Mom
Dreading Mother’s Day: Finding Solace in Brotherhood and Sisterhood
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on May 8, 2016. Mother’s Day... at the first mention in the week leading up to Mother’s Day my conscious Continue Reading
An Afghan-Muslim Woman Who Touched a Gold Star Mom’s Soul
An ethnic grocery store in Denver, CO with its name printed over its façade in three different languages compels me to stop and shop each time I drive Continue Reading
Motherhood and Brotherhood: A Simple Heartfelt Thank You
As a Gold Star mom, I often wonder whether my mind will ever stop trying its best to reject the “ultimate bereavement.” Words spoken to me by soldiers Continue Reading
Remembering 9/11: Hope After the Wasteland
“I don’t want to go there.” We’ve all said those exact words. A painful memory we don’t want to dredge up. A journey we’re dreading. A place or Continue Reading
Gold-Star Mom Jumps from Plane… with Team of Veterans into Normandy to Commemorate D-Day, Her Late Son’s Memory
This article was first published in August of 2019 and is republished with permission by Kate Ketschek [Seattle, WA, May 2, 2019]—An elite team of Continue Reading
Gold Star Single Mom to Tandem-Jump into Normandy During 75th D-Day Anniversary to Honor Fallen Son
When my firstborn, First Class Kristoffer Domeij, a 2/75 Army Ranger, was killed on his 14thdeployment in Afghanistan, never would I have dreamed I’d Continue Reading