Feature
from the wire services
New York woman writes books to help
kids with parents in military
Thanks
to Stephanie Heinatz for the great feature
articles about Michelle Ferguson-Cohen and the
"You're My Hero!" books that have
appeared in the following papers:
Newport
News Daily Press
The
Chicago Tribune
The
Tallassee Democrat
The
Honolulu Advertiser
The
Arizona Republic
Ft.
Wayne Sentinel
Gaston
Gazette
South
Bend Tribune
and
many many more...
BY STEPHANIE
HEINATZ
Newport News,
Va., Daily Press
NEWPORT NEWS,
Va. - (KRT)
- For the nearly three years that Michelle Ferguson-Cohen's
Army father was deployed to Vietnam, Cohen had a hard time
relating to other kids.
"He was gone off and on from the time
I was 3 until I was 6," she said. "Listening to
kids tell you that soldiers are nothing but baby killers was
hard to deal with."
Cohen said it was hard to understand. Her
father wasn't a killer. He was her daddy. Her hero.
"Only as an adult did I realize the
sacrifice and commitment that my parents made and how my
mother made everything seem so normal," Cohen said.
Now, she said, she has an "awe and respect for military
parents and their commitment to raise children in the
toughest situations."
Cont'd
on website- To read the complete article, click here.
©
2004, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.).
