
Tell My Sons
A Father's Last Letters
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Lt. Col. Mark Weber
At the pinnacle of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber was tapped to serve in a high-profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Weeks later, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the 38-year-old father of three. Over the next two years he would fight a desperate battle he wasn’t trained for, with his wife and boys as his reluctant but willing fighting force.
When Weber realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he began to write a letter to his boys, so that as they grew up without him, they would know what his life-and-death story had taught him - about courage and fear, challenge and comfort, words and actions, pride and humility, seriousness and humor, and viewing life as a never-ending search for new ideas and inspiration.
This book is that letter. And it’s not just for his sons. It’s for everyone who can use the best advice a dying hero has to offer.
Weber’s stories illustrate that in the end you become what you are through the causes to which you attach yourself - and that you’ve made your own along the way. Through his example, he teaches how to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary way.
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Critic reviews
"Tell My Sons is a deeply moving, personal account of a soldier’s journey into an ultimate frontier. As I read Mark Weber’s book, I was astonished by its honesty, courage, and discipline. This book offers one of the most profound and detailed descriptions of the strange world of cancer and should be essential reading for all of us who seek to understand that topsy-turvy terrain." (Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies)
"Tell My Sons is one of the most profound and inspirational stories I have ever read. It may have been written for Mark’s children, but it may as well be a treatise for all of us about honest parenting and leadership with character in love, family, faith, and politics. For a man who is facing profound health issues, Mark is doing a remarkable job showing us all how to live with courage and integrity." (Walter F. Mondale, former vice president of the United States)
"A poignant illustration of what being a hero is all about.... Heroes exemplify invincible courage, character, and perseverance in times of insurmountable odds. Mark embodies these attributes. Tell My Sons will empower the reader with profound lessons of living life with hope and determination." (John Elway, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback)
Will Make You Laugh and Cry At The Same Time!
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Gritty, Honest, Knock Down, Drag Out to LIVE
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When he pinned on my PFC back in 01. He made me feel as if it was the greatest thing ever. I stood tall will my crisp BDUs and highly polished boots. As I was pinned it was my first time reporting to the commander for anything. He expressed how he loved to promote soldiers and I felt that. He was strict but humble.
I will say that hearing his voice and story made me tearful as I listened but I am glad to know he did make this book for his boys. As a Foster and Adoptive father. His words again in my life have helped me see that I am doing it right.
Lastly I hope he is well on the next plane of life just waiting to see his family many years from now. Until we meet again Sir( Insert hand salute).
My Former Company Commander
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Through it all Lt. Col. Mark Weber pulls on the notes within his journals that he kept with such discipline over the years together with his memory and those yet to be made each and every day while he still has a little time left so that he can write letters to his children. Final letters filled with learning, sharing lessons of his wisdom and experience but most of all reaching out from those pages letting those little boys know throughout their lives into manhood that they are loved as their Father, who has a deep belief in god will be looking down on them from Heaven.
it is the greatest gift that he could give to them. The gift of love.
A superb book. Why this is not a Top 10 on the NY Time Best Seller List I have no idea at all!
A Testament To Family, God and Country
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