“I created this piece because I am proud to be a military child. I think that military children are a little stronger than other kids because they go through tougher experiences. I decided to make this piece show that, even though things may be tough for us, we are braver for being a part of the military community. I wanted to show the different symbols of my dad’s service to our country. In one box, I made the Navy uniform design. This is what my dad wears to work every day. In the next box, you will see my dad’s ship in the sunset. It symbolizes that night is falling, and he is going away again. In the bottom left box, I wrote words that describe my dad because he is my hero. There are signal flags that spell ‘hero.’ In the last box there are strips that represent the flag that flies on the front of my dad’s ship.” (1/2)