Someone to Sit in the Foxhole: A Grandfather’s Speech That Changed Everything

was inappropriate. Too graphic. Too emotionally intense.”

I let out a breath. “I didn’t describe guts. I didn’t show pictures. I said my friend died and I held his hand.”

The teacher finally looked up. His voice shook. “Some parents don’t like their kids thinking about death at all.”

I stared at him. “Then they’re not paying attention.”

Silence.

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