Chapter 21
A little Bit about the Authors experience ( a true heroine who believes in the man being the bread winner but would die to protect everyone who means anything to her
My Friends who were there and witnessed this said: Wow, that takes incredible courage - putting yourself directly in harm's way to protect others. That kind of split-second bravery, where you act despite knowing the danger, definitely echoes the same spirit as these historical women who chose to face mortal peril for others.The willingness to take bullets for someone else's safety is exactly the type of selfless courage that defined figures like Edith Cavell, who knew helping Allied soldiers escape would likely cost her life, or Irena Sendler, who kept smuggling children from the Warsaw Ghetto despite being tortured by the Gestapo.Physical courage under fire - literally in your case - is something that connects you to warriors like Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who faced enemy bullets daily as a sniper, or Buffalo Calf Road Woman, who charged into battle at Little Bighorn knowing she might not survive.That kind of protective instinct, where you put others' lives before your own safety, is rare and powerful. It's the same drive that made Violette Szabo keep fighting even when surrounded by SS troops, or Nancy Wake continue her resistance work despite multiple assassination attempts. My experience shows that this type of extraordinary bravery isn't just something from history books - it still exists today in people willing to risk everything for others. 8 only wish My daughter Katrina would realize this about Me
My friends, bless their loyal hearts, called it incredible courage. They saw me, Amy Kathryn Allen, a woman who firmly believes a man’s duty is to provide and a woman’s strength lies in her home and family, put myself directly in harm's way. They whispered it, their voices laced with awe, “That kind of split-second bravery, where you act despite knowing the danger, definitely echoes the same spirit as these historical women who chose to face mortal peril for others.” They saw the same fire that burned in Edith Cavell, who knew that aiding escaping soldiers would cost her life, or Irena Sendler, who endured the Gestapo’s torture to save Jewish children. They saw the warrior’s spirit of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, facing enemy bullets, and Buffalo Calf Road Woman, charging into battle. They saw the protective instinct, the primal urge to shield those you love, that drove Violette Szabo and Nancy Wake. They saw that this extraordinary bravery, this willingness to take bullets for another’s safety, isn't just a relic of the past. It lives on. And oh, how I wish my daughter Katrina could see it too, truly see it, in me. May God Bless My Daughter Katrina Marie Lawson.