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The Blame Game
I have an acquaintance whose child took their own life recently, and this wonderful parent blames it on themselves for not being more astute when it came to their child’s life. Granted, their child was older, but that does not mean much, this is still their child. This friend, a psychologist, committed to helping others, usually being able to see what is and is not right amongst patients, blames them self. Why? Their point of view, because they could assist others so why not their own child? Blame and grief they will hold forever in their heart, and no amount of counseling, cleansing tears or [...] Continue Reading…
Impact of deployment on children
I’ve heard the children of the military called the youngest draftees - they are the ones who didn’t sign up for the life as a military brat, they were born into it, or their parent signed up and they were pulled along into it.
My son was a MilBrat - then we got out and he didn’t soak in the military (except for one weekend a month and two weeks a year) until later - then he joined up. Now he’s out of the Army - Our granddaughter will only get the military lifestyle one level removed, her grandpa Chief [...] Continue Reading…
Sorrow for our PZ Family
ProudMom3 lost a grandchild this week. Please keep her, and her family, in your thoughts and prayers. Julie - we all send our condolences and love.
LAW
How can she help Military Parents?
Parents - I received an email from an employee at a Best Buy store.. and I was so impressed with her desire to help the parents of serving military. What would YOU want to tell her? Can we get her the information she needs? can we help her, help more like us? I’ve already sent her the Blue Star Mothers site - but there has to be more we can do!
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My name is Sabrina and I’ve been put in charge of the military initiatives here at my Best Buy Store . I saw your site and was very curious. [...] Continue Reading…
Signs of Respect
In Sullivan Illinois, the residents have found a great way to honor their military residents serving in the US Armed Forces. When many were deployed to Afghanistan in 2004, the soldier’s names were nailed to lampposts. As more and more young people volunteered in Sullivan, population 4,400, the parents decided to keep up the tradition.
More than a hundred town residents have served abroad and dozens more will still deploy to either Iraq or Afghanistan. Some names have hung more than once while spouses and siblings are displayed two to a post.
This is the town’s small, informal way [...] Continue Reading…
Volunteer - how YOU can help.
I am really excited that we were able to complete our very first packaging yesterday evening with our Blue Star Mom Chapter. We had 26 boxes to send out to the Troops but it’s a start. We also had 3 LARGE boxes to send over to Landstuhl for our Wounded Warrior Project. That, to me, was so wonderfully fulfilling.
Not everyone could be there, but helping us last night were most of our Moms, my other two sons plus two friends of one of them. Yes, the friends were there initially for their own reasons (community service hours) but once we finished they had [...] Continue Reading…
Radio Show - Parents Zone going to be interviewed
We are going to be on Army Wife Talk Radio! Tammy and LAW are going to talk about ParentsZone, why we started it and the needs of the Parents of Service Members who are presently serving. Please call in, listen and ask questions. We are being interviewed on MONDAY, June 1. The show starts at 8 pm Eastern time.
Here’s the link
Army Wife Talk Radio is a great interview show, and you can chat online at the same time. Army Wife Network is a fun and informative site for Army Spouses - so if your family members don’t already [...] Continue Reading…
Deployment - Parent’s style
I was asked to post this - and it sure would be great to get OUR voices and experiences heard. Dr. Crow has gone through deployments of her son to Iraq and her daughter in law to Afghanistan, so she understands. But to help her tell our story, get the information about what deployments are like for the parents of these men and women - she needs our help.
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Parents of Service Members who have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan….
Your input is needed to understand the experience of a parent who has had (or currently has) a son or daughter [...] Continue Reading…
Poll participation-research
I am conducting a 1 question poll [about the Veterans History Project] requiring only a yes or no answer. This is for research purposes only (not to drive traffic to my blog). Link-click here. [http://blog.militaryhealthmatters.org/home.html/] Poll is at the very top-side bar] Results will be by numerical count tally only (not by participant). If you have a moment to answer … I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!
Karen
Proud Army Airborne Mom
The Bracelet
My son wears no jewelry, nor has he ever liked to wear it. He wears his wedding band, removed only during training or while deployed. He carries in his inner pocket a piece of jewelry, a personal reminder of his wife’s love and devotion. He wore an obligatory bracelet as a baby and remove at every opportunity. My son, never removes his bracelet.
Two years have come and gone since 05 March 2007 but the memory of seven brave paratroopers is never gone. For the parents left behind … memories of their sons remain as fresh as they day their [...] Continue Reading…
