ViolaLee
04-15-2008, 04:56 AM
There was a heartbreaking article in The New York Times yesterday. There's an exhibit in New York of photos of young soldiers (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/08/21/arts/20070822_BERMAN_SLIDESHOW_index.html) who have been seriously wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the pictures in particular brought me to tears. It's a wedding photo. A young bride, holding her flowers, and her new husband, in his Marine dress uniform. He had been caught in a burning vehicle and was terribly disfigured, losing virtually his entire face. I can't imagine the pain that he and she feel, or the courage they have. What must it be like for him to walk down the street, seeing the stares of strangers? What must it be like for her, knowing that he is the man she loves, but seeing the face of a stranger? What will it be like for them in 20 years, when memories of the war have faded? http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/08/21/arts/20070822_BERMAN_SLIDESHOW_index.html
It brings me to tears too.
It brings me to tears too.