I'll Only be Gone for Forever
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"Every week on Letter Day we get a letter telling us that he'll only be gone for ____ days. On good days they were nestled into the letter, a reminder that he wouldn't be gone forever just a bit more. On the bad ones they start off the letter, a promise that he'll come home and it will be ok."
Story about a man who got drafted for the Vietnam War and his family.
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