Dear Ms. Sheehan ~ I wasn't sure how else to contact you, so am sending this thru the gsfp website. I just want to thank you for posting your essay entitled, 'A Peaceful Day' dated October 17th on the commondreams.org website, a site I visit every weekday.

My cousin, "brave soldier", 30, originally of Indiana, was one of the five U.S. soldiers killed on Saturday,...