I will always be there with you [Letters of note]

On May 1st of 2003, just weeks after being deployed to Iraq, Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens, of Springfield, Missouri was killed when his tank fell into the Euphrates river. He was 34-years-old. Shortly after his death, this letter was delivered to his bereaved wife, Melissa, and his 6-year-old stepson, Dakota (“Toad”). Melissa and Jesse’s unborn child, Carson (“Bean”), entered the world on the 29th of May, a few weeks after his father’s death.

Our differences unite us [Letter]

The art of letter writing has all but disappeared in these heady days of 140 character tweets & emails. If you pine for those days of yore, this site has a treasure of letters from the past. Even some very recent ones, like this Obama reply to 10-year old who wrote to ask his advice on how to handle the kids at her school who bullied her about her gay parents.