Nine-year-old Micah wasn’t ready to talk about what he was feeling. But the cardboard tank he fashioned out of paper towel tubes, broken boxes, and egg cartons spoke volumes about what was on his mind. Micah is a participant in the Home Again program, which helps children cope after a parent returns from war.
For those who get the news, it’s a moment of profound tragedy, one that will change their lives forever. And for those charged with delivering the message, it is usually “the worst duty they have ever been assigned.”
Notifying the next of kin of a military death.
