The Letter

My grandfather's letter was well written and it told the story of a dream that he had and in his dream he was visited by three of his old war buddies. He elaborated on a promise that they all made before their first battle. They each agreed that who or whomever survived the war would look up the families of those that didn't and tell them how and where they died.

My grandfather confessed that out of the four, only he survived and he failed to keep his promise. Will that did it!! All of a sudden my grandfather's journal catapulted from a family history book to a book I was going to write.

I had the story-line,  a promise made by a soldier to his three chums was not kept until his grandson discovers his war journal. Contained in the journal are the stories of the death of two of his chums.

With the power and compelling journal entries, readers, like myself, will be drawn into the war.

Wait, I had a better idea, I would try to find a living relative of each chum and tell them the story of how their grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, great uncle .....distant relative died. WOW! What a great story! After almost one-hundred years, a grandson makes good on a promise his grandfather made to three friends at the beginning of World War I. GOD! Even Hollywood would love this story.

Thus started my three year journey.