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Not Only Do We Grow Older, So Does Our Memory

Editor’s Note: Linda Ferrara (lindaferrara@aol.com) is one of our favorite readers. After reading to her granddaughter the other evening, she forwarded this abbreviated but appreciated missive: “For you Mensa kids. I quoted this as Emily Dickenson’s work to Eileen tonight. Memory not so good!!”

For My Son, Thank You

On Nov. 7, 2007, Ari Noonan wrote an essay about my son, Matt Ferrara, who had been killed in Afghanistan in the Bella Ambush. On May 13, Matt's radio operator is being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. I saved Ari's article because it was so poignant that it seared itself into my heart. I read it from time to time. For some reason, I feel that ...