Till We Meet Again

My Love,

Distance has separated our touch, this is but the first letter I have sent to you since your departure. Hours I lie awake at night pondering what might become of you. The battlefield holds many dangers, every bullet has an opportunity to strike your fair skin. Every man has the training to send you beyond this life to the next. How I long for your warm touch, to embrace me once more and perchance lead me to sleep through these dark nights. My eyes water at the memories of you, knowing that for this day they are but mere dreams of your company. I pray that you could have been an exception to the very rules that tear families apart. I wish you could help them, from back at home sitting here with me, assuring me by voice and not by letter, that everything will be alright.

Our daughter continues her days, holding her head high. She carries strong faith that you shall return once more, one day soon. Oh how much I want to fall before you to feel the comforting touch of your lips. When I think of our distance, I remember that our love shall always reach. Though the distance may be great even in death our souls are tied. May the God above protect you and guide your path back home. May you be assured you are forever in our prayers.

I can only imagine the fears you face hourly, much greater than my own. The sounds the sights, OH GREAT HEAVEN. My dear, it breaks me just..just to think. My tears flow abundantly, seeming never to cease, my faith feels weak without your hand. My mind forever questions the sight of your tranquil eyes, the ones that can charm the sun itself, that can bring hope and deliver peace. Please I beg of you, to deliver a wave of peace once more. I fear there are no words I have that are strong enough to comfort your pains.

I shall wait for your arrival back home and I shall wait for the day where I may hold you in my arms again.

WITH ALL MY LOVE,

Marie

My Dear One,

I know the days that have followed have been hard, and the days ahead show signs of difficulty, but I pray strength over you and dear Emily, sweet girl. I ask you to send my care to her, to settle her fears, and to remind her to keep her strong faith. To bring her peace in the form of her father's writings. To you I bring hope of this, whatever I may face at battle I do not fight alone, for the Lord God watches from above sending his best. Whatever I may hear or see, it makes me more thankful for our memories and the life we have built together even if war has separated us as such.

I shall not worry you with the descriptions of battle. All I shall share is this, the hours are long, spent watching and keeping guard for any unexpected attack. The nights are cold and hard, fearing what might happen while our minds float off in a dream. While fear holds a piece of me, I sleep through the night reminding myself of your presence. I cannot deliver peace to help your troubles but I may silence your fears and help you know the peace you deliver me.

The day of my departure from this horrid field and toward your angelic presence comes sooner than thought. Hold on in your strength knowing I shall return. Send news and rejoice, but no longer let evil reside in your brain. Sleep through the nights...I beg of you to rejoice, for THE LORD SHALL DELIVER.

The angels deflect every bullet that has dared to cross my path. Be assured of my arrival that soon you shall hold me again. We shall sleep through the night together, never letting this affect us any longer. This to us shall be but a distant memory and the present a life we live together uninterrupted by war. Sleep, live, smile, laugh, pray, hope, and know that I am yours always and forever.

Till we meet again,

William

My Love,

Our days together kiss my brain when recollected, my heart burns when thought of our love. I do not know what hands will now hold these letters since they are not able to be your own. Weeks I have spent, sick in bed, my eyes swelled with tears, and sadness staining every motion I make. I never realized how much I needed you just to allow myself to blink, to breathe. I have hope and peace now that you are home, although by home you meant the house you had built for us. I wrote this letter as my goodbye...because I never got to kiss you goodbye. The day before your departure I had fear and the touch of your lips had shattered it. If I had only known that was our last I would have held on to you a little longer, to find every reason for you to stay.

My love with every ounce of life left inside my soul I hope that you have peace. I knew that after the battle things would never have been the same, but I was ready because you sacrificed so much for us. I was going to hold you every moment to allow you to forget any trauma daring to defeat you. My shoulder was going to be there for you to share this pain with me, but now you are the one absent. I was going to be the one to fight the bad dreams away, but I realize now you are with one who can settle any fears with but a flick of his fingers.

Sleep among the angels, live a beautiful eternity and please wait for me to accompany you, though the weeks may be many. I love you dear William and I always will... because even in death our souls are tied, and even in life our love is unbreakable.

Till we meet again...