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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...
I was just your regular small town Georgia girl. About 6 months into dating my high school sweetie, Coty, he...
It was four months ago when two men in Class A’s came to the door to tell me you weren’t coming home. I knew before I opened the door what...
“This morning started early, 0610, as neither Leslie nor I could sleep...
How do I begin? It is a question I ask myself each day I wake up and with everything I...
I woke up on the morning of June 7th, 2010 and did what I always did.  Before my eyes were even open, I reached for my blackberry to see if I had an email from my darling husband, Bobby.  I saw that he had sent me an email at 1:06...
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 ran over an IED.  He was killed along with 3 other brave men.  Dan was a Special Forces ODA Commander and loved what he was doing in Afghanistan.  It brings me much comfort knowing that he was killed...
It was April 2007, when I got the phone call from my husband, LCP Quintal, that he was coming home...
Where to start. I never thought id be posting the story of...
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...
The events of September 20, 2008 will forever be etched in my...
I wanted to tell this story for several reasons. 1) I still remember every detail and I don’t ever want to forget it. 2) People ask me “How are you...
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. It's a funny summary of how we had been back...
Life can change in the blink of an eye. I learned this...
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