Committed to Honoring America's Fallen Heroes
United in our Grief and in our Strength
We get letters and emails every week from gold star mothers, daughters or other family members who are so glad we started this organization for dads. They tell us how hard it has been on their husbands and their fathers and how they worry about them. For so long the fathers of soldiers have felt left out.
I know that feeling is partly because men tend to show their sorrow differently than women. AFTER ALL we are suppose to be the strong ones, the providers, the protectors. Truth is, sometimes we find it hard to provide and almost impossible to protect. Some actually believe, if I would have protected better or done something different, maybe my son would still be alive.
That is totally wrong of course, the truth of the matter is our sons and daughters did what they thought was "the right thing to do" and nothing we were going to say would have made a difference, and rightly so. Each of our children made a conscious choice to protect freedom and fight evil. As a nation we owe them a great debt of gratitude, as a father I am filled with sorrow and bursting with pride at the same time. Only another Gold Star could begin to understand that.
But we all know men do cry, we do hurt, we just put a different face on it, sometimes it works, mostly it is to our detriment. Sometimes we take that as shame because deep inside we are just helpless little boys playing a dangerous game we were taught so long ago.
With that in mind, we have opened the GSD Patriot Forum section for members to help each other work those kinks out, brag about our sons and help with our loneliness. In the coming months we will also add scheduled weekly Chat Sessions with Professional Grief counselors and Clergy for those who would like more one on one help.
Register Now ~ and Get Involved!
If we can unite in our grief then we can become stronger as a group
So as you can see we are paying attention, and learning, both from our mistakes and our successes. Thanks to the women's organizations around the United States, both Blue Star & Gold Star we are seeing what is possible when you forget your pride and politics and work together towards a common goal.
To the fantastic women that we were lucky enough to marry and raise our amazing children with; thank you for helping us raise our sons and daughters to be the fine patriotic, caring adults they are, and thank you for being there for us in our time of sorrow and weakness.
That Said, Now its time to get to work!
