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Friday, 29 March 2024

Gold Star mom lost son in Afghanistan

Credit: ABC 2 News WMAR
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Gold Star mom lost son in Afghanistan
Gold Star mom lost son in Afghanistan

It’s a sorority no one wants to join.

You become a Gold Star Mom when your child dies in war.

NO ONE WANTS TO JOIN, YOUBECOME A GOLD STAR MOM WHENYOU LOOSE YOUR CHILD AT WAR.THERE ISN'T A STRONGER GROUPOF WOMEN THAN GOLD STAR MOMS.I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET DONNAROBINSON CAME TO THIS COUNTRYFROM JAMAICA FOR A BETTERCHANCE AT LIFE.

THIS GWYNN OAKMOM CAN REMEMBER THE EXACTSECOND HER LIFE CHANGED."AUGUST 26th, 2005 SHEREMEMBERS HER LAST TALK WITHHER BABY DAMIAN SOMEWHERE AWORLD AWAY.

"HE WANTED A PLAYSTATION OR SOMETHING WE HAD AGOOD TALK.

THAT TALK WASTUESDAY.

FRIDAY WAS NEXT..THERE WAS NO KNOCK AT THEDOOR, THERE WAS A KNOCK ON HERHEART.

:"I WAS SITTING THEREWORKING AND THERE A STRONG,SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MYSON." BUT THERE WAS A KNOCK ONTHE DOOR, SHE DIDN'T HEAR IT,SHE WAS INSIDE STILL SHAKINGON THE OUTSIDE AND GETTINGREADY FOR CHURCH CHOIRPRACTICE.

THEN CAME THE RETURNKNOCK "NEXT THING TWOOFFICERS.

OFFICIALLYS NOTIFIEDMY MY SON HAD PASSED INAFGHANISTAN.

HER STAFF SGTSON, AN ARMY MEDIC WITH THE173RD AIRBOURNE WAS KILLED BYAN I- E-D.

HE WAS 23.

MY SONAND I WAS VERY CLOSE" VOICETRACK------ AND THEY ARE STILLCLOSE, HE CONTINUES TO WATCHOVER HIS MOM IN EVERYCORNER OFHER WORLD.

"hE WENT TO LIBERTYELEMENTARY, GARRISON MIDDLE,FORREST PARK GRADUATED FROMEXCEPT FOR OVERNIGHT WITHTHEBOY SCOUTS AND OVERNIGHT INAFGHANISTAN THAT WAS THEIRONLY TIME APART.

WISH MY SONWAS HERE BECAUSE I WOULND'T BESTRUGGLILNG LIKE I AM NOW THISIS HER HOME SHE BOUGHT AFTERDAMIAN DIED.

LOOK UP AND SEETHE GOLD STAR.

HER LEFT RIGHTLEFTS ARE A SLOW MARCH TO THESOFA.

A BACK PROBLEM HASFORCED HER OUT OF WORK.

IF IGET UP TO DO DISHES OR SHOWERIM IN PAIN AND THE BILLS HAVEPILED UP LIKE THESE BOXES.

SHEWAS SET TO DOWNSIDE A YEARAGO, BUT SHE HAD TROUBLEQUALIFYING AND TOO YOUNG TORETIRE.

SHE SOLD HER DININGROOM SET ONLY T HAVE SOMEONELOAN HER ONE SO SHE CAN GETBY.

BUT I KNOW MY GOD IS MYSOURCE OF STRENGTH SHE LEANSON THE MARYLAND CHAPTER OFGOLD STAR MOMS AND WARRIOREVENTS TO KEEP HER GOING ALONGWITH A SONG SHE PLAYS NIGHTLTYTHAT BRINGS PEACE.

NOTICE HEHER SON ON BOTH SIDES OF HER.DAMIAN WENT TO LIBERELEMENTARY, GARRISON MIDDLE,AND GRADUATED FROM FORESTPARK.

HIS MOM TOLD ME TONIGHTSHE HELD HIIS HAND CROSSINGTHE STREET THROUGH MIDDLESCHOOL.

HE WAS HER BABY.

IFONLY SHE COULD HOLD HIS HANDTONIGHT.

MOMS REMEMBER THEDAY, THE EXACT TIME ANDYEAR.... AND ALL THEY ASK ISFOR US TO REMEMBER THEM DURINGTHIS GOLD STAR FAMILIESREMEMBRANCE W

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