Yesterday, I wrote about my grandfathers and their contribution during WW2. As I finished it, I realized that it was incomplete - only half of the story. It is all too common that I think of only the soldiers from WW2 first and the families that stayed behind second. Sadly, the legacy of the children and wives of the soldiers consists of far greater numbers than all of the troops that left to fight. The people who stayed behind. They were mothers, fathers, younger brothers and sisters, children and wives.
My two grandmothers stayed behind with their children. The war was not kind or easy for them. For some, their sacrifices continue to this day.
