"Letter to the Editor" by Ed Silver

Inspired by the true story of Army Sgt. Michael C.Taylor and his mother Stephanie Tompkins. You might remember the story of this family from the national news broadcasts and newspaper articles the story received.
Sgt. Michael C. Taylor sent a Christmas card to his mother while serving in Iraq. Stephanie received the card in the mail just hours before Army officials came to tell the family that the 23-year-old soldier had died when an improvised bomb exploded in Iraq.