On Memorial Day, let’s remember those among us who are living each day with “the ultimate sacrifice”, the children of fallen service members.
Maybe it’s because it is only my second Memorial Day with a child of my own, but I was brought to tears this morning as I thought of the sacrifice these children have made for our freedoms.
As I enjoy the beautiful sunshine of a peaceful Memorial Day in the upper Midwest, I am thinking, praying and honoring those children living among us…
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“Letters From the Children of Fallen Service Members to the Parents They Lost”
Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who’ve lost a parent to war. The film follows the parallel journeys of two generations of grieving children; recent war orphans who’ve lost military parents serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and here at home, learn to heal alongside the now adult-child survivors of the Vietnam War. The film brings together voices of today with historical context, giving meaning and shape to how America understands those who sacrifice in service to their country and the children and families they leave behind.
