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When pride and anger coexist after losing a child

My son died in military service overseas and I am proud of him but also angry that he chose something that took him from me and I feel terrible for being angry.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The parent struggles to hold simultaneous truths about honor and loss without betraying either feeling.

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