Life Stories By Shel

 On the battlefield at Gettysburg Pennsylvania there sits a monument known as The Irish Brigade. On that monument, these words are engraved. 'Of those who in their manhood died to blot out Slavery's stain, And rear aloft in all its pride, fair Freedom's flag again' 'Tis ours to raise this cross on high above the Irish dead, Who showed mankind the way to die, when Truth and Freedom led."   From, Our Fallen Comrades, by William Collins, 1888. My husband Jerry and I recently visited this monument on our trip to Gettysburg this past year. My dear sweet friend Amy Clum had sent me a book, Ghost of Gettysburg Walking on Hallowed Ground by Drs. Dave and Sharon Oester.  The book was a gift, for my trip. Yet, it was more than a gift, it was a balm for our suffering souls.  For, my husband and I had experienced a few monumental losses in the days and weeks that preceded our departure for the land of Pennsylvania.  Amy's well-intentioned gift gav...