Keep Being Resilient, KBR

06/17/2026

Please take a moment to read this important article and learn more about AEDs and unexpected cardiac events. Awareness and education save lives.

This Gold Star Mother has endured an unimaginable loss and has turned her grief into advocacy, helping others understand the importance of early intervention, heart health awareness, and access to AEDs.

We are grateful for the work of the Lion Heart Heroes Foundation and their commitment to educating communities and empowering people to act in an emergency.

Join us in supporting this mission. Learn the facts. Share the message. Help save lives. ❤️

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06/11/2026

Today, we are sharing a conversation that is important to many military and Veteran families.

As a Gold Star organization, our mission remains focused on honoring and supporting Gold Star Families. At the same time, we recognize that there are many paths of loss within our military community, and every family carries a story that deserves compassion and understanding.

The families behind the Green Star recognition movement have worked to bring visibility to those impacted by Veteran su***de. Whether people agree on the approach or not, we believe that listening to families and acknowledging their grief is important.

No family should feel invisible.

We encourage our community to read their story and learn more about the conversation taking place.

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Green Star Service Banner initiative strives to federally recognize those reeling from veteran su***de.

06/09/2026

We are proud to share the work of our friends at the Lion Heart Heroes Foundation and the incredible leadership of Laurie Finlayson.

What began from one family’s loss has become a mission to increase awareness, strengthen advocacy, and help protect Military Families and communities through education and access to AEDs.

Keep Being Resilient and United Gold Star Families stand with organizations that turn grief into action and work to create lasting change. We are grateful for the partnerships and friendships that make this work possible and look forward to seeing this important effort continue to move forward in the Senate.

Please take a moment to watch the video and support their mission.

Laurie Finlayson reminds us that one determined person can change lives and move important conversations into action.

05/27/2026

Sunset Cruise was more than an evening on the water.

It was an opportunity for military families, veterans families, Gold Star families, first responder families, and community members to slow down for a little while, reconnect, share conversation, and simply enjoy time together.

Some of the most meaningful moments happen quietly:
watching the sunset,
sharing stories,
laughing together,
meeting new people,
and creating spaces where people feel supported without needing to explain everything they carry.

These moments matter.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this evening possible and to every family who continues showing up in community with one another.

05/27/2026

Summer Soiree was more than an event.

It was an evening filled with conversation, laughter, connection, community, and moments that reminded us why spaces like this matter so deeply for military families, veterans families, Gold Star families, first responder families, and the communities surrounding them.

So much of resilience is built in ordinary human moments:
sharing meals,
watching children play,
meeting new people,
reconnecting with old friends,
and creating environments where people feel welcomed and seen.

Thank you to every volunteer, supporter, family, and community member who helped make this evening possible.

Community matters.
Connection matters.
And these moments matter too.

05/27/2026

One thing I’ve learned through both advocacy and loss is that resilience rarely looks polished while you’re living it.

Sometimes resilience looks like rebuilding.
Sometimes it looks like continuing.
Sometimes it looks like learning how to carry both grief and purpose at the same time.

Over the years, KBR has grown through conversations, community, remembrance, support, and honest storytelling.

And through every chapter, the mission has stayed the same:
creating spaces where people feel seen, supported, and less alone.

05/26/2026

Tonight, at reveille beneath the flag, I spoke their names. 🇺🇸🕊️

Not as statistics.
Not as headlines.
Not as forgotten memories lost to time.

But as sons.
Daughters.
Brothers.
Sisters.
Friends.
Service members.
Human beings who mattered deeply and still do.

This video is for the Gold Star families who continue carrying love and grief side by side every single day. It is for the families still speaking their loved one’s names into quiet rooms, into folded flags, into photographs, and into the spaces they once filled.

Tonight, I read my poem “We Speak Their Names” and honored some of the service members whose lives ended far too soon. Their stories matter. Their service matters. Their names deserve to continue being spoken.

The Gold Star Families Legacy Wall of Honor was created for this very reason — so our loved ones are remembered not only for how they died, but for the lives they lived and the legacy they continue to leave behind.

If you are a Gold Star family member and would like your loved one added to the Legacy Wall of Honor, you may text me directly at 253-964-0529 with their name, branch of service, photo, and anything you would like shared about them.

They served.
They matter.
They are remembered.

05/22/2026