10 years old

Dear Daddy,
Why did you have to leave mummy and me?
I really miss you.
Can you please come back?
Grace

13 years old

Dear dad,
Are you ever going to come back?
I remember the times that we would go to the park and fly kites.
I really wish we could do that again.
Please come back.
Grace

16 years old

Dear Dad,
Today was my 16th birthday.
Why didn't you come to the party?
The kuwintas was nice, but I really wish you could have been there.
Are you ever gonna come back?
Grace

19 years old

Dear Dad,
I have a boyfriend now.
Unlike you, HE truly loves me.
Why don't you pag-ibig me, dad?
What did I ever do to make...

Not long ago, there was a a happy family living out in the country, in a country town. You know the sort, the places tourists like to visit and where everyone knows everybody else.
In this happy family, there was a father, mother and two daughters. The two daughters names were Rachel and Susan. Susan was the compliant child, doing everything her father wished her to do, and she never complained.
Rachel, on the other hand, was what you might call a 'wild' child. She sometimes did what her dad asked without saying a word. But she often argued it out, before finally caving and doing what he asked....

"No! Please don't go!" pleaded little 5 taon old Lucy begged. "Honey, I will be back, I promise," came her father's reply.
You see, her father was going to Iraq to fight in the war.
"Must you?" asked Lucy, tears filling her eyes. "I'm afraid so," answered her father. "Okay," she said, stifling a sob. "But before you go, take this." She handed him a keyring, that was half a heart. She had the other half. When you put them together, they formed one heart. "And when you get back, you can give it back to me."
Her father took it in his shaking hands. "Alright, sweetie," he said. His daughter wrapped...