these pictures break my heart
As a kid I would stare at my parents copies of Life Magazine. The photographs told stories that made me think, laugh, and cry. Those photographs plus my dad's passion for photography sparked an appreciation for the beauty and pain behind an image.
The New Yorker has an article that illustrates the emotions tied to the folks fighting.
Elsheba Khan at the grave of her son, Specialist Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan.
It's not a cross or a star, but the Islamic crescent and star.
Juan Casiano at the grave of his fiancée, Captain Maria Ines Ortiz, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.
And this one brought me to tears. My words can't explain why, but the picture be enough.
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