Yes how dare I, to answer the letter i recieved about my audacity to slander a war hero.
Let me start by saying that speaking the truth is not slander. Yes my grandfather was a war hero to his home town. To his family he was a monster. I was affraid of this man when i was a child and i had no idea why. It was not until I was in my forties that my mother confirmed my fears by telling me about her and her siblings childhood. I will not ever be ashamed by speaking the truth. My grandfather raped and abused his children, he was a very disturbed person and this truth had to be spoken. You are free to keep him as the war hero that he was, I will keep him as the monster that I knew. So to answer your question about my audacity to speak such wrongs, these wrongs are truths that need to be spoken. Secrets will never help anyone. My grandfather will always be a war hero and in his last days on this earth he was deeply sorry for the pain he inflicted on his children. He spoke these words to my mother in his final hours. I am not sorry for speaking out and if it offended you please ask yourself why?
If there are any of you that would like to add to the belief of speaking the truth please do so.
