Deployment can be trying for a family with all the changes in routine and dealing with life in the absence of a family member. But when personal tragedies like the loss of multiple loved ones happen at the same time the toll can become very difficult to deal with.
When the family of Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Matthew Boarts, 21st Space Wing chaplain, faced that situation, their Team Peterson family came together to help see them through the challenges life brought their way.
Towards the end of last year Boarts’ wife Alicia’s mother lost her battle with multiple myeloma. During the holidays Alicia’s family decided to gather at her father’s house in Texas to help decorate and bring in the holidays together, easing the first time her mother was not with them for the season. Her brother-in-law was not able to come and stayed behind at his home.
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