Frances Richey

Monday, March 10, 2008

From our readers

When this e-mail came in, I wanted to share it with all my readers. Deb was kind enough to give me permission to post it here...

Read your poem in the NYTimes Sunday - wow, it really hit home for me. My son is a Recon Marine and home right now on pre-deployment leave. He will be in Iraq next month. I quickly ordered your book and look forward to receiving it. I had so many similiar feelings as I purchased silk long underwear, a special forces vest, etc for him. I thought " I can't keep him warm or safe now, this is as close as it gets. My heart sank when he told me I would be the recipient of his 'death benefit' and then got teary eyed. I try to not get overly emotional knowing his resolve and not wanting to make it difficult for him. . . but it remains so painful for me.
. . . thanks, again looking forward to reading your book.

-Deb Melle

posted by Frances Richey at 2:16 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watched you tonight on PBS and suddenly I was sobbing. Seems I finally found someone who put into perfect words what I have felt. My son is also a West Point grad and has just returned from a year in Afghanistan. We will see him next week, and I'm having the book, which I ordered tonight,sent to his home so we can read it together. I'm confident it will help us understand each other better and offer a chance for us to really talk. Thanks,

May 10, 2008 at 2:08 AM  

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