While Your Hero Was Away

A book of parallels about deployed military heroes and their children and families at home. This book is for military service members, written and illustrated by military veteran brothers for military families everywhere. It was written and designed to assist military members, families, and children to highlight and understand that despite deployments and separation, life goes on for deployed members and children at home simultaneously. This story covers the journey of the service member (hero) while away as well as what the children are doing at home during the same or parallel time lines. It serves as a reminder that both parallels are equally important and require validation, reminders, and understanding by both parent and child. It demonstrates that life is filled with joy, sorrow, humor, drama, heavenly overwatch, inspiration, and love.