Marine mom won’t forget, or let us do so (source: The Arizona Republic)

I hadn’t spoken to Margy Bons for over a year. But when she sent me a message last week, I answered. I owe her that much. We all owe her that much.After some friendly chitchat about work and the weather, she said, “You know, we hardly hear about the wars anymore. The media doesn’t even make much of a story when we lose someone. Why do you think that is?” I could have said that Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t the only issues. There is heath care. Immigration. The economy.  All of which is true.  But it doesn’t answer her question. The sad fact is that it’s easy for those of us without someone serving in military to put the war and its horrors out of our minds. Click here to read full story.