My profound gratitude to your father for his service and sacrifice for our nation.
Thank you ..and very much appreciated. When a soldier dies from battle there is generally a family left behind and children who do not have the pleasure of growing up knowing what having a father is all about..... But they do know what it looks like watching their friends and the interactions they have with their fathers. It hurts children more than people realize...and I remember that all too well.
However along the way one does see and have father type figures when it matters that they do...somebody cares to step into the gap...and for that makes a difference...until that day they realize they are were never completely without a father....they find A Heavenly Father who cares and loves them as no earthly father could.