( Chapter 9b: There but for the Grace of Someone )

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Dear Dad,

Isn’t it funny?  I’ve been home almost a year now, and I still find it easier to write you letters than just make my way across town to talk to you.  Maybe it’s habit.  Maybe having unwritten conversations reminds us why we used to drive one another nuts.  We have Sunday dinner ( Read more... )

( Chapter 8: As Though We had Never Been Here )

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Dear Sis,

Another letter between you, me and the stove, if you have the time.  I know it’s been a few days, and I was even hoping to push it to a week without needing to confess about confession, but things didn’t work out that way.

It all started when Radar left.  No, that doesn’t look right ( Read more... )

( Chapter 6: A Dim Reflection in a Mirror )

( Chapter 5: There is No Flaw in You )

( Chapter 4: One Day is as a Thousand Years )

( Chapter 3: I Will Boast All the More Gladly of My Weaknesses )

( Chapter 2: Lead Us Not into Temptation )

Dear Sis,

I find myself writing you every day, it seems, just to have someone to talk to.  It’s not that I don’t like the people here; it’s just that I don’t want to burden them with my problems.  Everyone is burdened enough as it is.  We talk about the food in the mess tent, the state of the latrines, or any number of other trivial subjects.  ( Read more... )