Jennie Taylor's adult life had been defined by her husband Brent’s involvement in #America’s forever wars, but she herself had been removed from it. Brent enlisted in the #Utah National Guard in June 2003, three days after he proposed to her. In the years that followed, he was sent to bases around the country for training missions ahead of his tours in #Iraq and #Afghanistan. He regularly missed holidays, anniversaries, birthdays and key milestones like their children’s first words and first steps, writes W.J. Hennigan. Jennie, a former schoolteacher, was responsible for their home life. While Brent was on the other side of the globe, her world in North Ogden was small. “I was always a side player in this wonderful man’s life and gave him constant support, but now it’s entirely up to me,” she says. “When he died, every future goal of mine died. I’m sure every feminist would hate me for saying that, but it’s true. Now I’m trying to find who I am and how I move on a path forward for my #family.” In this photograph, Jennie sits at Brent's grave on Sept. 18. Read more, and see more pictures, at the link in bio. Photograph by @pvanagtmael—@magnumphotos for TIME