September 24

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TAPS Blog |  Until Jeff’s death, I was one of those women who thought the world was going to end because my dishwasher wasn’t working, and oh how I wish I could go back to those days. I found myself asking, “Why did it have to be me? Why did it have to be my husband? It just isn’t fair!” No, it’s not fair. Life isn’t fair.

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September 22

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TAPS Blog | This Saturday Morning message addresses an issue for surviving parents.  Surviving parents share their responses to the question, “When you meet someone new, how do you answer the question how many children do you have?"

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September 19

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TAPS Blog | Kim Ruocco regularly relives her darkest days – her husband’s suicide and the downward spiral that led to it – to save other military families from the same heartbreak.Speaking to standing-room-only audiences at the Natick Soldier Systems Center, Ruocco described the chain of events that led to Marine Corps Maj. John Ruocco’s death in February 2005.

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October 5

TAPS Event | You are warmly invited to join TAPS for a special program of comfort and support for all those grieving the suicide loss of a loved one who served in the Armed Forces. Come honor your hero and share his or her life, memory and service with others who have lost a loved one to suicide.

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September 24

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TAPS Blog |  Until Jeff’s death, I was one of those women who thought the world was going to end because my dishwasher wasn’t working, and oh how I wish I could go back to those days. I found myself asking, “Why did it have to be me? Why did it have to be my husband? It just isn’t fair!” No, it’s not fair. Life isn’t fair.

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September 19

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TAPS

TAPS Blog | Kim Ruocco regularly relives her darkest days – her husband’s suicide and the downward spiral that led to it – to save other military families from the same heartbreak.Speaking to standing-room-only audiences at the Natick Soldier Systems Center, Ruocco described the chain of events that led to Marine Corps Maj. John Ruocco’s death in February 2005.

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September 3

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TAPS Blog | One of my favorite quotes was shared with me through TAPS, and it seems to sum up everything I’m feeling. It says, “It’s not moving on. It’s carrying on.” With this in mind, I’ve done my best to carry on and live my life in a way that would make Ko proud. It’s devastating, frustrating and agonizing when I stop to think about how we were planning a life and a future for the two of us. We were preparing to settle into life at Ft. Bragg. We were building a life together. Instead, I find myself forced to make major life decisions on my own, which often leaves me angry and confused.

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