Archive for September, 2010
“Friendly fire” is the term used when a soldier is accidentally wounded or killed by shots from his fellow-countrymen. I have always found the expression somewhat bemusing – after all, the poor guy who dies because one of his mates didn’t aim straight is just as dead as the o read more
A friend of mine recently experienced what must be a mother’s greatest nightmare: the suicide of one of her children. Not only did he kill himself, he did so in one of the worst possible ways. The grief and trauma suffered by this mother and the rest of her family is almost unimaginable.
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