Paula Davis, Gina Barnhurst and Beth Belle are charter members of a club no mother ever wants to join.

These women and others meet informally at Arlington National Cemetery. There, they sit at the gravesides of their sons who were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. They also talk with each other. And cry. And listen.

They call themselves Section 60 Mothers, after the section at Arlington that holds the fresh graves of men and women killed in America's current wars. The group meets roughly every week now, with the help of an e-mail list.

But it's their deep wounds, they say, that have linked them together with deep bonds.

Definitely better to listen to it if you can to get the full impact; if not, read it all.

Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Children • Marriage & Family • Military / Armed Forces • * Economics, Politics • Iraq War

1. Tired of Hypocrisy wrote: This is a very moving piece and really helps a person relate to loss of a son in a war. Again, Kendall, many thanks for keeping this on the radar. June 24, 11:29 pm | [comment link]

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