This is a moving story based on real events: Charles Monroe King, a first-class army officer sent to Iraq, began to write diaries for his young son with fatherly love and life advice as the war broke out.Meanwhile, at home in New York, the New York Times senior editor Dana Carnedy traces the unexpected and fate-changing emotional journey between her and King - a love full of affection and perseverance, and his consistent and sincere protection for her and their children.