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Truly Moving.


The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of “Cat,” and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. “I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,” she said. “I think that’s what he would have wanted.”

I’m not posting this as some kind of propaganda to end the war. Nor is it a photo meant to inspire us to keep fighting. Truth is, war is the last thing I think of when I look at this photo.

The first thing I think of, is Love.

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  1. #1 by jaclyn on March 22, 2010 - 3:36 am

    did you take this picture tim??

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