July 11, 1971: A Great Big Pile of Love
Send us a text This letter is pure devotion. My dad had just gotten off the phone with my mom after finally reaching her — the lines in Vietnam had been down all day, and he was antsy, pacing, waiting to hear her voice. But once he did, something opened up in him. This isn’t just a letter about a phone call — it’s a letter about everything he felt but couldn’t fit into those five minutes. He tells her, “You are my wittle chickadee.” He says he has a “great big pile of love” for her — so muc...
This letter is pure devotion. My dad had just gotten off the phone with my mom after finally reaching her — the lines in Vietnam had been down all day, and he was antsy, pacing, waiting to hear her voice. But once he did, something opened up in him. This isn’t just a letter about a phone call — it’s a letter about everything he felt but couldn’t fit into those five minutes.
He tells her, “You are my wittle chickadee.” He says he has a “great big pile of love” for her — so much that she could never dig herself out of it. And he means it. Over and over again in this letter, he tries to put into words what she means to him, how complete she’s made his life, and how the love he has for her will last for the rest of their days.
He’s already thinking ahead — planning the next call, the next letter, the next chance to remind her she’s his entire world. And through every line, you can feel it: she is. This is one of those letters that reminds me just how deep their bond really was
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