We all have written them - letters to your loved ones in the case you don't come home. It's where you try to make sure that they will be at peace with your decisions and sacrifice, let them know how much you love them, and, sometimes, try to make them smile. It's a way to continue to defend them, even after death... We've posted some of them before here. So fast forward to a friend of mine, Dan Gade, who we've featured here before. I think this idea has a lot of merit. ...Before I was deployed to Iraq in 2004, I wrote a letter to my wife, Wendy, to be opened only ‘In the Event of My Death’. In it, I expressed my love and admiration for her, my gratitude for our life together, and my fondest hopes for her future with our daughter. In the summer of 2011, while we were moving to West Point, I discovered the letter in a binder and allowed her to read it- her reaction to the letter is where this book idea came from... Well, that letter came awfully close to being opened as Dan almost didn't come back and was the first full leg amputee of the wars. He now teaches at West Point when he's not competing in Iron Man races (for the full story of the ReneGade click here). Dan is reaching out to all of you military men and women who wrote these letters or might know someone who wrote them. As Dan says, it's about honoring them: The idea is to honor military families by publishing a series of the kinds of letters that they write to their loved ones for delivery after their death. These love letters- in various degrees of eloquence- capture the military family's sacrifice in service. The book will be nothing BUT these letters- no spin, no editing, and no commentary. I'm soliciting both Gold Star families and military families whose letters were never needed for the project. Please take a look- www.intheeventofmydeath.wordpress.com So take a look and contact Dan if you would like to be included in this honorable project. ~BlackFive
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Feb 14 2012, 11:59 PM
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