What will she tell her daughter about her father's life and death?

[Sydnie]

This morning I posted this thread about our local protest from Sunday.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=71172&mesg_id=71172

The part of of that article that I did not post talks of another shattered local family.

"Ironically, it was also the weekend after a New Bedford native, Army Sgt. Alexander Henry Fuller, 21, was killed in Iraq.
"His wife (Anastacia) was pregnant. This is horrible, just horrible," Mr. Drolet said. "

Here is a follow up story to remind each of us just how important our actions were this weekend.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-07/01-29-07/17local.htm


Anastacia Fuller

Here is a young man, a soon to be father, who will never see his face reflected in the face of his child. He will never hear her laughter from the next room, see her go on her first school bus ride, help her get over her first broken heart, or finally walk her down the aisle to the beginning of her own adult walk through life.

The saddest part of the story is that it appears that he had little of that experience with his own family as he was growing up either. His grandmother didn't even know he was a soldier, serving in Iraq and subsequently killed there, until the local paper called them for a statement. He had not had much contact with them over the years and they didn't know what happened to him since he was a baby. That situation alone stumps me, but that is a topic for another thread at another time I suppose.

The only ones left to paint a picture of this baby's father for her are her mother, her mother's family and her father's mother, although she is many miles removed.

Are there enough memories created in such a short life together to keep his memory alive for this child? I hope so. How many other stories just like this one are out there to be told, or worse, will never be told? Too many to count I'm sure.

So here is a post for Sgt. Fuller, 21, who died in Iraq Thursday when a bomb exploded near his convoy and for Anastacia and their as yet, unborn daughter. May they all find peace.

[az chela]

1. This is beyond heartbreaking and for what?????

bush,cheney,oil ,egos.Someone stop this now,there has to be a way to convict bushco for this illegal war

[Jeanette in FL]

2. That is why I was out there

For the children.

I have to believe that he will always be with his child in that child's heart and soul.

This madness has to stop. Silence is not an option any longer.

[Imagevision]

3. The US. is being run by a group of madmen, while its citizens sacrifice their loved ones for

a war that was illegal from its beginning. Anastacia Fuller lost her husband for a lie while this president insists on replacing the generals on the ground who tell him what he doesn't want to hear but... says that he wants to send 22,000 more troops only to produce more Anastacia Fuller stories...!

A very tearful,a very sad day in America.

[Jeanette in FL]

4. Because we don't even rank as peons to these people

We are just in their fucking way.

[Sydnie]

5. Kicking once more for Anastacia

Her story needs to be told.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. K&R