The photo that made me cry

February 24, 2015 Cindy Hval

Two little girls poring over War Bonds at the book launch on Sunday at Auntie’s Bookstore.

Jadyn’s (on the left) grandparents, Bill and Jay Warren are featured in the book. She and her best friend Elisa couldn’t wait to dive into the stories.

I can’t tell you how important it is to me that these people and their stories are not forgotten. Seeing children discovering their grandparents in a new light is unbelievably moving and makes the five-year-journey from idea to publication seem so worthwhile.

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Cindy Hval is the author of "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation." and a columnist and correspondent for the Spokesman Review newspaper in Spokane, Washington. Her "Front Porch" column offers humorous, often poignant commentary about life, love and raising sons-- not necessarily in that order. Contact Cindy at CindyHval@gmail.com View all posts by Cindy Hval

1 thought on “The photo that made me cry”

Philip J. Mulligan says:

February 27, 2015 at 5:32 PM

Nice story, Cindy, along with all your other greatest generation features. There were, probably, love letters from the war I was sent to, though way less sentimentality came out of it that I’M aware of. While it is good to have so many, lately, shake my hand when they see my Vietnam veteran cap, (as much, I suspect, for the awareness we still have troops at war, abroad), it is nothing like the raspberry we got, when we first returned, and up to ten years thereafter. It was insults and spitting, back then, and junior troops got blamed for our leaders having no formula for victory. We were advised not to wear our uniforms except to work, and to commute home.

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