Local Family Copes with Deployment During the Holidays
Lance Cpl. Taylor Wild, a graduate of Severna Park High School, is about to miss his third Christmas at home as he continues with life in the Marines.
When the Wild family gathered for Thanksgiving last week there was one empty chair at the table. The seat belonged to Betz Wild’s son, Lance Cpl. Taylor Wild, who now enters his third holiday season in a row spent away from home since he became a U.S. Marine. “We’re such a family of traditions,” Betz said as tears filled her eyes. “We go to the same places for Thanksgiving ... and same thing Christmas Eve. It is hard that he is half a world away knowing what we are doing and knowing he is missing it.” The Wild family lives in Severna Park: Betz; her husband, Bill; and their three children, Libby, 9; Griffin, 15; and Taylor, who will be 21 in December and still deployed. “It’s hard on them, but when Taylor comes home he makes a point to …
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kim bearry
8:47 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Betz and Bill~ To have seen your strength so many years ago through tragedy and see your familiar names on here, is unimaginable- You and your family are in my prayers. Your son is a true hero- God bless. xo more ›