I will bury my husband in four days at Arlington National Cemetery. I am not ready to bury him but it needs to be done and it is where he needs to be. I have found comfort looking at, talking to and touching the beautiful wooden box that holds his ashes over the past three months. I don’t want to put Ben in the ground but then again I don’t want him gathering dust in our home. Ben’s burial will be the final display of military pomp and circumstance. He deserves all of it. I am so proud of him and his service to our country. My handler told me that there will be “a lot of brass” at the burial. I really don’t care. I really wish they wouldn’t come. I’m curious what Ben would think of it all. He reached out to many of them for assistance and guidance in regards to this Afghan advisor billet. He didn’t get much response or support so why would they give it now?
