SONY HOCKLANDER is the Engagements Editor for the Springfield News-Leader.  I have worked with her for quite a while on the columns I write for the News-Leader, and she was a guest on my AfterMath Adventures radio show on Aug 30, 2015.

While visiting with her about the upcoming interview, I learned of two stories she wrote for the paper about her father, who was killed in Vietnam when she was 9 years old.  I had seen the latest one in July, 2015, but had missed the first one, written back in 2003.  This first one (2003) is longer, but so well written – and very touching. I asked Sony if I could use both the related pieces for this month’s Guest Voice, and she said yes.  Give yourself a few minutes and read these!  You will be glad you did.

For the first piece (“Your Daddy Won’t Be Coming Home”), visit SonyHocklander1.

To see the July ’15 story about finding her father’s name on the Traveling Memorial Vietnam Wall, which visited Springfield in July, see SonyHocklander2.

To hear Sony’s interview on AfterMath Adventures, visit Sony3.Interview .