Box 63, Orleans, Massachusetts

October 15, 1944

Dearest darling husband:

Today we tied up our last two Christmas boxes for you, and will mail them tomorrow, making a total of six in all to you from Wendie and pap and Janie and me. We have strained so hard to choose things to please you and while there is nothing of real monetary value in any of them, there is a world of thought and selection. One Ouija board says you will get them all! I asked the Oujia board what you wanted for Christmas, and it spelled out J-A-N-I-E! Isn’t that cute, and cozy. It finally cleared up today after a week of fog and it is bitterly cold tonight, 36°, with a high WNW wind. We are moving back to Centerville on Thursday the 19^th, and more too soon! I mailed you a set of the latest snapshots of Lovely. One in last nights letter. They are all nudes, during her sunbath on October 7^th, the day she was exactly 5 months old, weighed 15 lbs 3oz, and cut her first tooth that very day. I’m sending mother the same group, all except the one that shows her placie so clearly. No one gets that but you, because you’re her dear daddy. I love you so much, my beloved, and will forever. I miss you so.

Love always,

Your wife