Letter To Speaker

Steffy Zambrano
67-14 47 Ave Apt#D4
Elmhurst, NY 11234

Dear Speaker,

A Few days ago I took sometime and read your narrative “Ambush.” From Beginning to end I

was touched by how well you had expressed yourself. I couldn’t even imagine what it was going to war, and leaving your family. When you wrote in your narrative” It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, “Of course not”,I figured you couldn’t be able to tell your daughter because you were afraid of what she might think. There’s times in life when you do everything that you can do possible to not hurt the ones you love and I think you did that with Kathleen. But she wouldn’t jugde you for killing someone because you didn’t do it on purpose.

To me you are a very brave man for doing what you did, fight for our country,

no matter what you have to do. I wouldn’t be able to do something like that because that means I would have to leave me family behind and loved ones behind. You could have been in Peril but that didn’t stop you. I know that you were affected by killing the young man, but if you think about it you can’t blame yourself because its not your fault. Everything happens for a reason, what you did was just try and protect yourself and your other soldiers. When I read your short story I wondered this must be how the people in Iraq are feeling and I complain about things that I shouldn’t complain about, when out there in world there is people fighting to keep me and this country protected. Sometimes I do things I’m not suppose to and I take what I have for granted when I know that what I have is something I shouldn’t take for granted.

The advice I could give you is don’t blame yourself for doing what you did. I know it’s hard but

you said “ It was entirely automatic.” so you didn’t do it to hurt him. Another thing is in the future if you do wish to tell Kathleen, tell her don’t be afraid that she’s gonna judge you because she’s not, she’s even gonna tell you that it wasn’t your fault. Finally this narrative left me in such Gape because it thought me many things that I know I’m gonna need in the near future or maybe now and I wanted to thank you for being a brave man and doing what you thought was right.

Sincerely.
Steffy Zambrano