Review: Wow....tear jerker
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
Before I start, please note this may contain some spoilers so read at your own risk. While this story is very short, it contains every aspect of a five hundred page novel. When Daniel met Faith, he had given up on everything that life is about; laughter, fun, smiling and just generally feeling. He didn't understand that surviving the tragedy that fell on his troop was because he still had a purpose in life. I can't imagine what any of our troops feel after serving for our country, but I hope they each have someone as special as Faith in their lives plus the corresponding support system, whether it's friends, family or other military personnel.Daniel's watch is such a poignant part of this story. Instead of him realizing that it stopped when he stopped living, he felt it stopped to signify when he needed to join his troops. When it started again at precisely the time he was supposed to end it all, I thought I was going to ball my eyes out. How does a watch that refuses to be fixed start working out of the blue? Because someone had faith that there were bigger and better things yet for Daniel to accomplish. We all reach a point in our lives where we think we can't possibly handle one more thing and that maybe if we just stop living, then that is what is best. But if we actually realized that those things and feelings are temporary, we would all be so much better off.  I loved Faith's theory that we all have strings that connect us to people and even when we feel our loneliest we are still tethered to those that are meant to be in our lives. Faith and hope, we mustn't lose that.The other point of this beautiful story is the grandparents. If ever there was an example of true love, that was it. It is something we each should strive for. Finding that one person who will do anything for and love until the end of time. Daniel and Faith have that. Thanks Tammy Falkner for writing this beautiful novella.