In those wintery mornings, sitting in the army camp, with a hot cup of tea, Captain Ajay read the letter from his wife, telling him about the meeting at their son's school. Reading that letter, he could not control his tears from flowing out. Although he had read that letter innumerable times, still it always had the same effect on him.

As he was missing his family, he thought of writing to his wife as well. So he hurriedly grabbed some stationery and closed his eyes to gather his thoughts and feelings and started penning them down.

My dear Anusha,

I am fine here. I hope you and Abhay are also good there. I know that both of you are missing me a lot but believe me, I am missing you much more. I am missing those innocent and funny mischieves of Abhay. I am missing the way you used to smile, peace and calmness evident in your beautiful eyes, on seeing both of us playing together. I am missing you and your love.

You always say that I don't express my feelings and my love for you ever, that I keep things to myself only. But today, I am trying to express how I felt after reading your letter. I know I am not good at expressing emotions, but hopefully writing will be easier than speaking in front of you later on.

When I read your letter, I was feeling regretful at first, for not being with you and my son everytime both of you need me. But when I read how you explained him about my job and that he also wanted to become a soldier like me, I had tears in my eyes. I can't tell you how proud I felt.

Maybe you can guess it from that fact that my chest had swollen and become double its size and there were tears of happiness which were not stopping at any rate. And yes, I am sure that my son will become a much better soldier than me and there won't be a happier moment for me than that moment.

Anusha, there are moments when I wish that I could just hold you in my arms for a while. There are moments when I wish that I could look at Abhay while he is asleep. There are moments when I wish that I could just look at both of yours smiling faces.

But I can't forget my love and responsibility for my country also. I have to take care of my country too but that doesn't mean that I love you less. Its just that I have devoted my life to my country and my love to you.

And yes, I know you can do better when I am there with you, but still take care.

Your Ajay"