Presence

The Victor's Crown · Aug 7, 2026 · 2m

Get the written version in your email inbox every morning by subscribing for free at TheVictorsCrown.com---PresenceI was visiting family in Virginia recently, and we stopped at a war memorial — one that features sculptures of letters soldiers wrote home across 250 years of our country's history. One of them really hit me. A soldier writing to his wife, closing with this:"When we meet again, I can promise you that there will be no wasted moments. Every minute spent with you will be nothing less than a gift to be cherished. I have found that it isn't necessary to be always doing: talking…