I received this update from Georgia Stillwell, the mother of a combat veteran who is working for peace and healing. I last heard from Georgia in March around the time of the rally in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. At that time her son had returned from one tour of duty in Iraq and was supposed to be redeployed there. However his redeployment never happened and he ended up facing court martial while being confined in the brigg. He is finally coming home...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Peace,

It is with much gratitude and love that I thank you all for what you did for my son. I am overjoyed at his upcoming release (General Discharge) from the Army. I wish I could say it was the end of the story but I feel it is only the beginning. Please continue to keep my son in your prayers as he readjusts to this new life. His healing path will be long I fear. He must reconcile with the demons of his mind he acquired in Iraq. The lives he took in the name of what??My son doesn't sleep at night..I wonder if he relives those horrible memories of Iraq.The dead children whose bodies he cleaned up.....his buddies brains on him....the abuse of Iraqis...a killer at 19..will he ever truly heal???? And then his treatment by his Army "family". His 2 months in the Brigg. PTSD.

I have kept a scrapbook for my son of the peace movement and how people have personally cared about him.

No one has judged him..no one needs to..my son judges himself.

I am still here if you need me to speak out..if you need me to act out. I carry a message that there is a way out of this hell called Iraq. That as mothers we can save our son's and daughters. How my heart aches for the mother whose child will never come home both here and in Iraq. If anyone would like to email a message to my son for enclosure in the scrapbook please feel free to send it to me.

I have lost faith in my government..but my faith in the people of this country increased 100 fold.

I love you all if you ever need me I am here...I will not rest till this war is over.

Peace,
Georgia Stillwell