Posted on 11/07/2009 2:42:36 PM PST by naturalman1975
With her head held high, applauding and with a beaming grin, Christina Schmid did not look like a typical war widow as she watched her husband's coffin parade through the streets of Wootton Bassett this week.
The brave wife of Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, who died dismantling a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, even managed a thumbs-up as she watched her husband of two years return home.
Yesterday she revealed that after the homecoming parade of 30-year-old Sgt Schmid, known as Oz, she cried so much that she did not have an ounce of make-up left.
But she said he had told her that he wanted her 'head held high' in the event of his death.
'We didn't dwell on it but Oz said that if he was killed he'd love me to watch him come back.
'He said: "You'd better bloody be there for me. I expect you to have your head held high." I didn't want to let him down.'
Mrs Schmid, 34, added: 'I wanted to show that he was my hero. I was so proud of him that I was beaming.
'But afterwards, when all the cameras were gone, I cried so much that I didn't have an ounce of make-up left.
'My stoicism was my way of showing him respect. It was always a joke between us that he trained with the Commandos but I was harder.
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You are both my heros.
May God be with you both always. People like you made this country great and will keep it that way forever
A misty eyed bump! God Bless you Madam!
It just makes me sick that good men like this are dying and we have a president that is so cold and self centered as Commander in Chief. He has to be a believer in Islam. No way could that bastard be a Christian.
I saw this woman interviewed by the BBC. She is incredibly strong. It is a terrible shame that her husband was killed. At least he had a wonderful few years with his amazing wife.
God be with you, Christina
That brought tears to my eyes. Where do we get heroes like this? He is with God now watching over his incredible wife. God bless them both.
They look like a lovely couple. A tough day for her.
May he RIP.
What a handsome and brave soldier!
And poor thing, she was brave and she honored her husband’s memory with his request, but you can clearly see the pain in her eyes.
God bless both of them.
God bless this brave hero and his equally brave wife. (Why is my screen so blurry all of a sudden?)
...head held high...
“My stoicism was my way of showing him respect...”
Yes.
God Bless her, for showing her pride in her husband, even though she was torn up inside.
So proud of both of them! God bless and be with her and her family as they celebrate her his life and mourn their loss.
(Tears here too)
...bad editing job through the tears.
God bless them both. Hard to imagine she would have to ‘explain herself’ to anyone. What a brave couple.
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