
I stand barefoot on warming ground knowing I no longer have dreams only this world bloody and undone as afterbirth a creation too imperfect in its perfection to allow for dreams of peace
I stand barefoot on warming ground knowing I no longer have dreams only this world bloody and undone as afterbirth a creation too imperfect in its perfection to allow for dreams of peace
Our family’s veterans include great-grand fathers, my grandfather, great uncles, uncles, cousins, brother in law, sister in law, my Dad, my father in law and my husband, Bob. All served their country in war and peace.
And, today especially, we remember Lance Corporal Phillip Vinnedge who was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010, the brother of my beloved niece’s husband.
He was 19 years old.