A letter from novelist & screenwriter John D Swain to his son as he leaves home to Yale University.
I think I had never realized before that I was getting old.
Tag: Father
Battle against the princesses [Article]
This rings true on so many fronts – One Dad’s ill fated battle against the princesses
Charles Dickens note to his youngest son [Letters]
Timesless advice from Charles Dickens to his son, Edward Bulwer Lytton, fondly referred to as Plorn, upon his departure to Australia.
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.