The impact of war on the family is discussed through these insightful and longing poems and photographs. Poets, Robert E. Borges, Jasminne Mendez, and Carol Millenson are offset by the slide format photographs, converted to print, taken by Earl Gerald (Royce) Borges while serving in a river patrol unit in Vietnam. This thoughtful and provocative yet accessible collection of poems and photographs call for reprieve from the soldiers' children's perspective in an era of war and conflict.