âUsually around this time every year Iâll get a slew of cards,â Kluttz said.
This time of year, of course, would be Memorial Day, a solemn holiday anointed by Congress to remember those Americans killed in war.
Some of the cards come from people she knows or has at least met. Others, though, are sent by strangers expressing condolences for the 2005 loss of her son, Monta Ruth, a sergeant in the U.S. Army who was killed while serving in Iraq.
And while those cards (and the odd phone call) can be reminders of the worst day of her life, the outreach serves another more uplifting purpose.