Kayla Stewart, a Marine veteran, shares her experience of sending care packages to her daughter, who is deployed in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. She expresses pride in her daughter's choice to serve but also the anxiety of having a child in a wartime situation, stating, 'Never in a million years would I have thought I would have had a child in a war time situation.'
After 658 days of the Israeli government's retaliation to Hamas's attack in October 2023, it feels like my heart has reached its capacity for stories of children in excruciating pain.
Russian assaults are intensifying, with record casualties reported as the conflict continues, compounded by Ukraine's struggle to maintain solidarity amidst growing civilian suffering.
This means living in constant fear. And it's painful to see... we have to raise our voices and make it very clear that a country can change its immigration policies, but the treatment of all people must always be humane.