My Love Oct 19, 2011 My name is Gina. No… I am not a widow. But, I feel like I am. I was engaged to the man of my dreams, Adam Armstrong. We were engaged. And I think the hardest bit, was we never had the chance to get… Read Story »

Trying to go on….. Jun 29, 2011 My husband took his life on August 27th 2010 at the unit he worked at for 9 1/2 years. I lost my grandmother in March and then my mother in May and then my husband in August of last year. We adopted… Read Story »

12 years later we will have the date he promised… Mar 30, 2011 Widow.  What does that word even mean?  We just got married am I really a widow?  Do I still count?  How can he leave me?  Why didn’t he take me with him?  WHY, WHY, WHY? … Read Story »

A Piece of My Heart is Missing Feb 16, 2011 My husband, Tim, shot himself on July 26th, 2008.  We knew each other since high school; we were married for 11 months and 1 day on the day he died. He was my whole world. He is a Veteran of the Iraq… Read Story »

Maybe if I….. Dec 29, 2010 My story has its own uniqueness.  I had been through so much that I was ready for a change so I decided after my 26th birthday that I was going to join the AF Reserves.  My dad was a retired… Read Story »

The day our world crashed….and burned. Dec 15, 2010 “On behalf of the Air Force and the United States of America we would like to extend our most heartfelt condolences.” With that one sentence, life as I had known it the last 8 years had come… Read Story »

The Last Call Sep 14, 2010 I have tried to write this numerous times just to myself over the years and have never found the nerve or the words to do it as I never really knew how to start it. My husband and I met after I had got… Read Story »

What If? Feb 08, 2010 Hello my name is Miranda Kruse, wife of CPO Jerald Kruse of the United States Navy. On January 1, 2006 Jerald put a gun to his head and committed suicide. Jerald had less than a year before he hit his… Read Story »

In His Boots Jan 07, 2010 He is walking slowly through the thick sand, dragging his feet out of boredom and the heat, the fucking heat.  His nostrils are dry and he has another headache.  He looks down at his boots and… Read Story »

Our Last Chat Nov 19, 2009 My story; well I suppose I should start at the beginning. My husband Joshua and I met in highschool.  We began dating on March 3, 2007.  I knew he was already enlisted in the military, set to… Read Story »