(Gauthier has been a partner of the organization for over four years.)
The feelings deep inside that veteran are complex, difficult to express.
Theres pride in being of service.
Laura Partain
Sorrow, for those who were lost.
Along with Gauthiers penmanship, whats most striking about the cut is the level of emotional complexity conveyed.
If youre looking for a neat and tidy ending, stop.
As we wrote the song, it took on a life of its own, she admits.
Songs often do that.
The process becomes more like capturing something fragile that already exists than making something up from nothing.
As this soldier started to come to life for us, we knew what he was feeling.
And we tried to express that ambivalence through this veterans reflections.
I did not know that if a member of a family serves, the whole family serves.
I did not know that the spouses of our service members carry such a heavy load.
She continues: I did not know that the wounds of war are often invisible.
I did not know how much Id love these veterans, and feel protective of them, like family.
They continually show me what true service really looks like, and it humbles me.
Bullet Holes in the Sky is streaming above.
