“Arlington..at last!” My heart began to swell with excitement as our shuttle drove through the stately gates at Arlington National Cemetery. I looked down at the delicate periwinkle, burgundy and white flowers I was holding that were donated to TAPS families to take to their heroes graves. I looked around at others, many now friends who were also looking out the shuttle windows with loving anticipation. The shuttle stopped at section 60 and we all piled out and scurried towar

In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me Conversations, we sit down with Alicia Johnson-Niles, founder of Unlikely Courage and author of the forthcoming book Angel in Arlington. Alicia's story begins with a devastating loss—her father was murdered when she was just two years old. Though she grew up surrounded by love and stability, the trauma of that loss quietly shaped her inner world for decades, manifesting as anxiety, fear, people-pleasing, disordered eating, and a c