You are appreciated more than you know. Keep shining your light!
He sat beside her, keeping distance. "Your father and I served together in the army. Chechnya. '95. He saved my life. Took a piece of shrapnel meant for me. After the war, we stayed close. He never told your mother about me. I was his secret."
"He made me promise," the man continued, "to wait six months. To give you this only when the grief was raw but no longer killing." He handed her the envelope. "He said it was from above."