Widow Stories

Combat

It was sometime in late June of 2004. My family was moving...

After 13 years of being married to my wife, Connie, her father...

I was just turned 21, had been "of age" for about three weeks. It was June 22, 1972. It had...

I have always thought that I would get around to writing my story. And now that it's been 6 years it's time. I've always started and stopped at the same...

Rob and I met in December 1996, while we were both active...

My husband and I met in December 2007 while he was on R&R from Iraq. I wanted nothing to do...

Memorial Day is this month, and it comes every year with many people asking what I’ll be doing. How I’ll be honoring a day that my husband fought and died to be recognized as a part of. I guess in a way these days (Veteran’s and Memorial Day) are not...

I'm at the end now. There is no where else to go....

For a long time now, I have been debating on whether to share my story or not? It hurt to much to talk about it, but then I would find...

I am the widower of 1LT Connie L Keller. Connie and I met in the Laboratory of the VA hospital in Phoenix. I was a phlebotomist and Connie was a Medical Technologist, and when we first met I had a needle in my hand to draw her blood for her...

My name is Mary Dudley and I am married to SSgt Tj Dudley. We met when I moved to SC...

Derek and I met March 14th 2011. The night we met, I...

On March 27th, 2012 my life was forever changed. I was 18...

My husband, Jim Caldon, was a Navy Seabee who served in Vietnam...

I am here to tell the story of my soldier and I....

I am a Vietnam 'widow of the heart' I just watched a short video about this project and was reminded of my own story in 1968 during the Vietnam War....

It was the morning of December 26, 2006; I was asleep peacefully...

When Jon and I went on our first date, it wasn’t technically...

I think I’ve written and erased this first line at least 20 times… My Husband Jeremy, known to many as SSgt Smith is and always has been an amazingly passionate...

When I look back on my life Ian was always there. I...

One month. A lot can happen in a month right? But in “deployment time” a month is nothing. Ofren was on his fourth deployment, our second together. My first one...

It was Saturday October 5th 1996. One week post-op of a surgery I had to remove a tumor. I needed to get out from being bed-ridden all week. My best friend got me out of bed and we went to a Sports Bar we were regulars at. There was a...

I wish I understood why God answers some wives/girlfriends’ prayers and not...

It’s taken me a while to be ready to share this story,...

In 2006 I left my home in Georgia and all that I...

My husband, Major Jeff Ausborn was killed on April 27, 2010 when an Afghan pilot killed him and 8 other...

23 years ago, I said yes the twentieth time Phil asked me out. I was not keeping track, but he was. He said to me, “This is number 20. If...

Every time I go to write this I can’t make it through...

The worst day of my life was September 13, 1969. Actually, there was so much more than just that one...

My husband, Daniel James Johnson, was 23 years old when he was killed when an IED detonated in his vicinity. He was and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician for the United States Air Force. I will start my story from the beginning… I met my Husband, Senior Airman Daniel Johnson on...

10 months doesn’t seem very long at all. You wonder how much...

5 years ago, Summer 2005 I met one of the most amazing people. We were both in high school and starting our Junior/Sophomore years in the fall. We flirted and...

I was just your regular small town Georgia girl. About 6 months into dating my high school sweetie, Coty, he took a journey as a boy and became a Marine. This journey filled me with pride and proved our love for each other all the more. Shortly after that, we...

It was four months ago when two men in Class A’s came to the door to tell me you weren’t...

“This morning started early, 0610, as neither Leslie nor I could sleep...

How do I begin? It is a question I ask myself each...

I woke up on the morning of June 7th, 2010 and did...

The day my life changed forever started like any other. Six o’clock...

I met my husband Keith in October 2005 in Colorado. After living in Co for 6 years I finally decided to move back home to live by my parents. It...

My husband Dan was killed on May 29, 2004 when his vehicle...

It was April 2007, when I got the phone call from my...

Where to start. I never thought id be posting the story of meeting my husband here. It has been a heartbreaking two weeks. On August 7th 2007 i met David...

During the minutes where I can’t seem to grasp what has happened...

My status as a “widowed fiancée” has been a great source of pain for me these last 4 years. Quite often I find myself angry at God for allowing me...

The events of September 20, 2008 will forever be etched in my memory, or at least I think so at the moment. However, as these days I seem to be “slower” and just generally more forgetful than I ever was so maybe one day, on top of losing my car...

I wanted to tell this story for several reasons. 1) I still...

As the day of my husband’s death creeps up on me, I...

I met my husband through my sister, who was about to be...

I entitled our story that because that is the song we had chosen for our first dance, "Faithfully" by Journey....

Life can change in the blink of an eye. I learned this at a very early age, 20 to be exact. Michael and I were high school sweethearts, together for...