Taryn Davis, shown above with her late husband, remembers her fallen soldier:
Michael was a gorgeous man inside and out. He was a geek that loved Star Trek and PBS. He loved his soldiers, dog, and family. A perfect night would consist of a good foreign film and greasy Chinese food. He always saw the best in people and made me want to nothing other than to make him proud. After getting out of the Army, Michael had aspirations of finishing his engineering degree and having children. Michael was a simple man who could eat steak and peas for the rest of his life, who had a gap in his smile that added a warm quirkiness to his spirit. He loved with all of his heart and gave it out to all who knew him.
There are many (nearly 6,000) like him and it is their memory, it is the one thing that didn't die with them that day; it is their legacy and what we want the world to remember them by. That is what Memorial Day is for military widows.
We don't want you to remember them just by the uniform they wore or the number of casualties you see on the five o'clock news…But the men and women like you; following their passions, loving the people in their life, enjoying a cold beer on a hot summer day.
Davis urges readers to visit www.americanwidowproject.org to hear more stories from the widows of soliders.
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