When Lily was twelve years old, her mother Sarah, an Army medic, was deployed to Afghanistan. Before leaving, Sarah promised to do everything she could to return home and jokingly told her daughter that she would wear a bright red dress to Lily’s wedding someday. During her deployment, Sarah frequently called home and shared stories about Daniel, a fellow medic whose terrible jokes always made her laugh. But tragedy struck when Sarah was killed while serving overseas, leaving Lily devastated and struggling to imagine life without her moth…Continue Reading