Soldiers Letter

Dear Mom and Dad,
Today is 1915 and I am great full to be alive. I won’t lie to you and tell you that I am not scared and that this is easy because it’s the opposite. I am terrified as to whether I will die do to a sniper’s bullet, or some other disease that is plaguing my comrades in the trenches. People die around me everyday due to disease or the enemy and it’s killing me because I know that my time is coming soon where I will be that unlucky guy who caught the snipers eye.
I just want you to know that I love you a lot and I wish that things could have turned out different. I wish that you could have persuaded me to chose a different path rather than enlist in the army to help my country. I regret my choice because that one choice shortened my life in a very drastic way. I won’t be able to see April again and I won’t be able to say good bye to you or her. All I have now are pictures which are fading everyday and the memories that we share together.
One day I hope that you can forgive me for choosing this path and ruining my life and yours. I don’t want you to grieve over me because that will just make it worse. I know it really feels horrible that your son is to die before you, but that shouldn’t stop you from living you life.
Love you forever and good bye,
-Justin