10 years old

Dear Daddy,
Why did bạn have to leave mummy and me?
I really miss you.
Can bạn please come back?
Grace

13 years old

Dear dad,
Are bạn ever going to come back?
I remember the times that we would go to the park and fly kites.
I really wish we could do that again.
Please come back.
Grace

16 years old

Dear Dad,
Today was my 16th birthday.
Why didn't bạn come to the party?
The chuỗi hạt, chuỗi hạt cườm was nice, but I really wish bạn could have been there.
Are bạn ever gonna come back?
Grace

19 years old

Dear Dad,
I have a boyfriend now.
Unlike you, HE truly loves me.
Why don't bạn tình yêu me, dad?
What did I ever do to make...

Not long ago, there was a a happy family living out in the country, in a country town. bạn know the sort, the places tourists like to visit and where everyone knows everybody else.
In this happy family, there was a father, mother and two daughters. The two daughters names were Rachel and Susan. Susan was the compliant child, doing everything her father wished her to do, and she never complained.
Rachel, on the other hand, was what bạn might call a 'wild' child. She sometimes did what her dad asked without saying a word. But she often argued it out, before finally caving and doing what he asked....

"No! Please don't go!" pleaded little 5 năm old Lucy begged. "Honey, I will be back, I promise," came her father's reply.
You see, her father was going to Iraq to fight in the war.
"Must you?" asked Lucy, tears filling her eyes. "I'm afraid so," answered her father. "Okay," she said, stifling a sob. "But before bạn go, take this." She handed him a keyring, that was half a heart. She had the other half. When bạn put them together, they formed one heart. "And when bạn get back, bạn can give it back to me."
Her father took it in his shaking hands. "Alright, sweetie," he said. His daughter wrapped...