Sunday Night

My dearest Hal,

I am really concerned to hear you have not been getting my letters. I can’t seem to figure out what the trouble is, I have written two or three times every week and some times more often. I sometimes go for a month or six weeks without hearing from you but since you came back from the rest camp your letters have been coming through in fine style. We were all thrilled to see how well you look in all the pictures. Sam claims the one with all the little boys. You know we used to tell him if he didn’t do this or that, Daddy would bring home a little Hindu boy. The idea being that he would mend his ways, but will you believe it he was perfectly delighted with the idea that you would bring home a little Hindu boy and I think he will be disappointed when you show up without one. Anyway when he saw the picture he wanted to know if those were your little boys.

Sam wants you to send him some more pictures of children over there. We do enjoy all these pictures so much. Now that you have a camera I hope you can send us a lot of them. Can you get plenty of film? We can only get it once in a great while.

I wish you would check the address on this letter. It is the one I have been using recently.

I was tickled to death to get your check for $750.00. I bought a bond with it yesterday. I wish I could buy one this month but I hope to buy one next month if things work out according to plan. I have $600.00 now and with my salary for teaching this month I can do it.

I don’t even know what I am going to get. I hope they will have a teacher by the 1^st of October. I have an idea a month will be plenty to exhaust my enthusiasm. So far I like it very well, but it is really too soon to tell how it will turn out. Mr. Tilkeson has begged me to keep it for the term or at least until I know what your plans are. Mother seems to be in favor of my doing it. She is still going to the doctor about her feet and seems to have gotten some relief. We have also gotten some part time help. I don’t know how long it will last but hope for the best.

I talked to Harry tonight. He said he and Sara had been over to see Nana today. She has been at the University Hospital for several weeks. Harry seemed to think she was about the same. She is not suffering but he didn’t tell me very much. Sara was asleep and he said he would have her call me up tomorrow. I have already told Sara that we would do anything we could and she said she would call on me for anything she couldn’t manage out of Nana’s present income, so you need not worry about her not being taken care of.

I miss you so terribly, darling, if only I could be in your arms again, all my troubles would vanish. I’m only half alive away from you. All the moments we have had together seem like the only time I have ever really lived. Now I live on thoughts of what we will have when you come home again and there are times like tonight when the longing for you seems almost more than I can bear. I hope you are coming soon.

All my love,

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