Less than one year after tying the knot, Britt Harris and her husband, Chris, found themselves thousands of miles apart.
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Chris, a specialist in the army, was deployed to Afghanistan in early July.
Around that same time, Britt found out she was expecting the couple’s first child.
To reveal the news, she crafted up a sweet onesie that said, “Chris, you’re going to be a dad!” and then surprised her husband over FaceTime.
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“When I told him, it was the happiest I’d ever seen him,” Britt says. “He was so excited.”
Just one week later, Chris was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
Britt’s world came crashing down around her. Still, she had a little piece of her husband that no one else yet has.
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Growing inside her, right below her heart, is a precious little gift, and a living piece of Chris.
Though she’s now beginning to navigate the uncertain future of raising their child without her husband, Britt is certain she will not be doing it alone.