Celebrations and rememberances
By Betsy Richter | May 25, 2009
Today, my young daughter turned eleven. She’s teetering on the edge of womanhood — not afraid to flip me an eyeroll and a hairflip in one breath, then snuggle up next to me to give me a bear-crushing hug and exuberant kiss five minutes later. She’s thrilled at the gift of her very own cell [...]
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Remembering a soldier again
By Betsy Richter | May 29, 2006
5/26/08: I wrote this two years ago. When I tried to write a similar post honoring Joey today, I realized I’d captured my feelings already with this post…so it’ll be front and center for a day or so. Memorial Day used to signify nothing more than a three-day weekend to me. Sure, I understood why [...]
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Remembering one soldier
By Betsy Richter | May 29, 2005
A year ago today, we lost Army Reserve Specialist Joseph Jeffries. There isn’t a day that goes by since where I don’t think about Joe, even for a fleeting minute. I remember the grin that seemed too wide for his narrow face. The restless energy he brought into a room. The way he adored his [...]
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A soldier’s father speaks
By Betsy Richter | October 23, 2004
If you’ve read today’s letters to the editor in The Oregonian, you’ve already seen this. If you’re from elsewhere, or don’t typically read The O, I’m offering it up here as well: Slain warrior’s father replies Saturday, October 23, 2004 The letter from Rick Olsson of Salem, “Father of soldier: Vote Bush” (Oct. 17) deeply [...]
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The outward ripples continue
By Betsy Richter | June 9, 2004
I’m awed (and more than a little envious) at the impact Joe’s life had on almost-total strangers. Yesterday, a CBS News reporter who’d been embedded with Joe for a week in Afghanistan writes another moving tribute to him in Mourning Joe Jeffries: I liked Joe’s grin. It was always there. Kind of small and sly, [...]
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