Article February 4, 2013 ISSUE

Peace as a river

Lynne Cook

“I joined the Navy to serve my country, and I just don’t feel like I’m doing that while sitting in a submarine in dry-dock.” That’s what our son said to my husband and me just before announcing that he had decided to volunteer to join an Army unit in Iraq.

I knew that this powerful peace could strengthen and ease the hearts of all in harm’s way.

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Lynne Cook lives in Brookeville, Maryland.

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