There has been an awesome miniseries on tv the last couple of weeks called vietnam. it is all about the vietnam war and it includes real footage firsthand accounts of what happened there during the war. i have been completely captivated by this series because it has made me feel more of an appreciation for my mom. my mom was born in vietnam and experienced the war at it's peak. she was lucky enough to get out of vietnam in the nick of time when she was only 21. I remember growing up and listening to my mom tell me stories about things she saw and went through over there: having to take care of her parents entire farm and her younger siblings all by herself only to have American soldiers come and burn down the farm and kill the animals (so the communists couldn't use them), having nightly "school" meetings so the communists could brainwash the children into thinking americans were bad and communism was good, coming home from school only to find out her neighbors were dead, hiding in bomb shelters and listening to bombs go off all night, living in constant fear and not knowing who to trust. seeing the footage from this show makes me cringe to know what my family and my mom went through over there. she is hands down the toughest woman i know, not just because of everything she went through in vietnam, but all the courage she has shown throughout her life. my mom truly is my hero. i am so grateful for all the soldiers who fight for what they believe in and fight to help keep people like my mom free.