A Silent Vote for Grandma
Her life was never one of privilege. She was born and raised on a farm where she met the man she would marry, share two children with, and follow from Korea to Germany for fifteen years. Harlan was an Army Sergeant, their children were Army brats, and she was the colonel who kept the family running like a platoon. Sadly, at the age of thirty-four, after merely fifteen years of marriage she earned another title, widow. A few years later she also earned a title she was less proud of, divorced. Some good did come from that marriage in the form of her third child. Her years of being the Army wife gave her the strength she would forever carry with her to raise her three children and help countless others along the way. She was selfless, loving, kind, forgiving, and as hard as nails when it came to her convictions and religion. All of these traits would be needed in the coming years as she fought for her life against a deadly disease.
For as long......
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