Letters from War – Veteran’s Day 2017

One of our very own Tyndale Kids authors, Dandi Daley Mackall (author of Wow! The Good News in Four Words ), has two veteran parents. Her mother, Lt. Helen Eberhart Daley, and her father, Captain Frank R. Daley, M.D., both served in World War II. Dandi recently published a fiction book based on their lives and their love story, called With Love, Wherever You Are . Dandi also frequently shares pictures and memories of her parents on her blog, keeping their memory alive.

Below are some photos and captions taken directly from Dandi’s blog. To see more, head to Dandi’s blog , or find Dandi at her website .

“Lt. Helen Eberhart Daley, Army Nurse, and Captain Frank R. Daley, M.D. (Early pictures find him still a lieutenant in the Army, however.) As I was writing and revising and rewriting With Love, Wherever You Are , I used each of these photos to help me describe locations and to help me visualize my young parents in such strange circumstances. Helen is pictured in Rennes, where she served in an Army hospital during the war. Frank is in a Battalion Aid station inside Germany, then in Heidelberg, and in a temporary camp. In the old Army trunk, I found both the sleeping bag on his back and the canteen pictured in the bottom-right photo”.

“ Imagine yourself serving in a makeshift hospital overseas. Now, imagine you’re in the middle of World War 2, trying to care for desperately sick, wounded, terrified soldiers. And on top of that, you are a newlywed, and your spouse of only a few weeks is also at the front, caring for battlefield wounded . . . in a different country. How could such a marriage survive?

Letters. These are just two of the Army trunkful of letters from my mom and dad, Dr. Frank Daley and Nurse Helen Eberhart Daley. They lived for mail call, when they would hear from each other and know they were safe and still in love, in spite of the physical distance between them. Imagine waiting for a letter, hoping, praying . . . and nothing for days and days. You had been writing 2 or 3 times a day, every day. And then, imagine receiving a treasure–11 letters at once”.

To those who have served, are serving, or will serve our country, we thank you.

Happy Veteran’s Day!

Looking for a fresh way to present the gospel to young children?  Wow! The Good News in Four Words  (by Dandi Daley Mackall) is a perfect resource. Head to tyndale.com to learn more!