The House On Sugar Plum Lane. Judy Duarte

in the movies?

      But even then, it would have been a terrible blow.

      Amy glanced at the box. She suspected it held a medal of some kind, and she’d been right. When she lifted the lid, she found a Purple Heart.

      She ought to feel proud, patriotic, she supposed. After all, her great-grandfather had died for his country. But instead, she felt as though she’d lost someone, too.

      As tears welled in her eyes and an ache settled in her heart, she sat on Ellie’s bed for the longest time, grieving for the young bride who’d lost the love of her life.