MikeF:

Here's the dedication I am scratching out:

"This book is dedicated to Private First Class Christopher Lotter, a young soldier from Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, who died at age 20 on December 31, 2008 after being shot by a sniper while on patrol to inspect a water treatment plant outside Tikrit, Iraq."

It took me a while to think through writing something that some might see only by the negative parts, but the truth is that Chris was shot on the day that I outprocessed working on a project I set in motion.

I went to his internment at Arlington, but watched from a distance. Was afraid I might say something negative...

Now, though, I am pretty sure the more important book isn't really about him, it or me, but about setting some background or context...especially where it might help in the next few years.

What is the thing that's going to make the biggest difference? That's the Tomorrow Morning thing.

Maybe I'll save the Qaddasaya stories for another day...

Steve