My Mother Told Me I Could Not Wear My Uniform At The Memorial Until A Veteran Stood Up

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“I was scared every day,” I said. “I cried in bathrooms.

I slept with boots on because alarms kept going off. I held pressure on wounds with both hands and prayed to a God I wasn’t sure was listening. I missed home so badly sometimes I hated everyone in it for going on without me.”

My mother’s face changed.

Just slightly. “I wanted to come home when continue reading …