To my children and future grandchildren, It is with a heavy heart in light of the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sep. 11, 2001, that I'm writing this letter to you with the hope that you will never have to read it. I hope to be able to convey my thoughts and convictions to you in person when you are old enough to understand. I must, however, accept and prepare for the possibility that I will become a casualty of the current, as yet unofficially declared, war on terrorism. It is for this unhappy prospect that I am now writing ...