Review: "Struggling Through Loss"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
This is a story of Mary who has lost her husband, Eddy, more than 30 years ago while he served as a war pilot over Laos and reported as missing in action, MIA.  How does one cope with such a loss of not know whether he is alive or dead, even after so many years.  Mary lives by herself and on this Sunday her daughter Teresa is visiting.  There's some strain between them, but they handle it.  It's unusual for her to visit on a Sunday, but not unusual for Jimmy to call each and every Sunday ... for more than 30 years.  He and Mary have been friends ever since Jimmy and Eddy had served together in the war.  Jimmy always blamed himself for leaving Eddy behind when the F-4 aircraft exploded in the tail section and they both parachuted.  Jimmy was rescued, but not Eddy ... he was left behind, assumed alive somewhere in the jungle.  Mary and Eddy had been married only four years before Eddy went missing.  Mary has never had closure.  This is a story of the pain and loneliness of losing a loved one.  Having to exist each and every day knowing that a husband may be dead, not just missing in the jungle of war.  This story is filled with memories and remorse.  It's a tender story of how one grieves and how one seeks peace in one's soul. It makes one wonder how you yourself might handle such a loss should it become part of your life.