"March 31, 2012 was a moment in life that will never be forgotten. It was the day I laid next to my husband's gravesite as dirt covered his casket. With each shovel of dirt, I felt reality close in on me. Jamie wasn't coming back. This wasn't a dream. So many thoughts filled my mind after I buried my husband. Why him? How did this happen? What am I going to do without Jamie?" Melissa Jarboe is the widow of SSG Jamie Jarboe. Jamie was shot by a sniper in the Zhari District of Afghanistan while on patrol in April of 2011, and he passed away in 2012. Melissa kept a detailed journal while her...
"March 31, 2012 was a moment in life that will never be forgotten. It was the day I laid next to my husband's gravesite as dirt covered his casket. Wi...