By PAUL GRONDAHL, Staff writer
First published: Friday, February 13, 2004
None of her work in reiki, the art of healing touch, or counseling bereaved families as a Spiritualist minister prepared Charlene Robbins for the shock of learning her son, Thomas, an Army sergeant, died in Iraq during a conflict she didn't believe in.
"The pain is heavy," the mother said. "It keeps coming in waves. I get angry. It seems so senseless. Self-serving politicians created the situation in Iraq. I want to see America's young people planting and building, rather than killing and destroying."
Surrounded by flickering white votive candles and a memorial centerpiece of white hydrangeas, snapdragons and carnations, Robbins sat at a dining room table Thursday afternoon with her daughter, Deborah, and tried to make sense of the senseless.
Soldier's death leaves pain, questions
Another article from Paul Grondahl regarding the death of Sgt. Thomas Robbins.
[Link to Full Article]By PAUL GRONDAHL, Staff writer
First published: Friday, February 13, 2004
None of her work in reiki, the art of healing touch, or counseling bereaved families as a Spiritualist minister prepared Charlene Robbins for the shock of learning her son, Thomas, an Army sergeant, died in Iraq during a conflict she didn't believe in.
