Reblogged from Real. Deep. Stuff.:
Recently, we stood helplessly by as we watched a dear family tragically lose their husband/father. He had so many years left, but an accident took this hero's life. I've hugged his wife and children, and looked deeply into the eyes of his father - an older gentleman who said to me, He survived Afghanistan, but gets killed at home. He died in action, serving his country, but where does that leave his family?