Chris’s Diary

I have just arrived home, mom was filled with joy seeing me. She knew something terrible had happed she felt it, like any mother-son connection she knew I had almost died that day and seeing me now just makes her smile from ear to ear. Dad was enthusiastic as well welcoming me with a warming hug. Suddenly I wondered to myself where is Larry, why is he burring himself in his room then I realized he isn’t even in the house, he hasn’t returned from the war I understood what it meant. Larry is dead. I was filled with sadness, I wasn’t sure what to do. This empty filling that was created inside of me when I was the lone survivor from my platoon grew even bigger knowing my brother died, although they were all brothers to me. I should have died with them why should I live and not them. I guess I will have to live the rest of my days dealing with that question.

Chris.