Omaha, Nebr.
June 7, 1943
Marie –
I received your card this morning and I was glad to hear from you. Naturaly I had been wondering every day since you left about your trip and if you arrived safely. I should have reminded to send a telegraph when you arrived there.
I am glad you got to the station in time when you left Omaha. Your father told me how Martin felt at the station and cryed. I too felt badly when I think of him leaving. I remember when I was going out to Kearney and Martin had already gone out to Crech camp. I was out to say good-by to him and Martin cryed and I felt so blue about it that I felt like crying also. I wish Frank would have been on the depot before you went in the train and that he would have held the baby and that you could have had a hold of Martin’s hand. Please try and plan this if it happens you go away again. Don’t let others make your plans for you! How about it!
I am glad you are staying with some people while you get the house in order where you are going to live. Is it very far from the house where you will live? Are the houses very close together and are there any children close by? Please don’t send Martin to the store untill he has been with you several times. It takes time to become adjusted to a new place and when you are among strangers it takes time to get acquainted. Let him be around the house and I hoe he won’t hurry through any work he may do for you. He really needs to get good and rested after the winter months. I hope he will have acquired the habit of breathing through his nose more while out there. Please remind him! Did you find paper drinking cups in the train? Did you show Martin how to be careful when he went to the lavatory? Did you have enough to eat on the train?
I hope you will be able to sun the mattress which are in the house where you will live. And that you buy some sulphur and burn. I think it best to let the rooms get a good airing afterwards that is before you move in.
I was reading a story about a lady who was travling on the train and I quote – She suddenly felt let down. That was the way it was when got off a train, always a let down in the pause after motion. Unquote. Well I hope you don’t work more than is necessary and that it will be sort of a vacation as well. Please read over my letter and answer questions. Please hang my picture up in Martin’s room.
As ever,
Your Mother.
June 7, 1943
Marie –
I received your card this morning and I was glad to hear from you. Naturaly I had been wondering every day since you left about your trip and if you arrived safely. I should have reminded to send a telegraph when you arrived there.
I am glad you got to the station in time when you left Omaha. Your father told me how Martin felt at the station and cryed. I too felt badly when I think of him leaving. I remember when I was going out to Kearney and Martin had already gone out to Crech camp. I was out to say good-by to him and Martin cryed and I felt so blue about it that I felt like crying also. I wish Frank would have been on the depot before you went in the train and that he would have held the baby and that you could have had a hold of Martin’s hand. Please try and plan this if it happens you go away again. Don’t let others make your plans for you! How about it!
I am glad you are staying with some people while you get the house in order where you are going to live. Is it very far from the house where you will live? Are the houses very close together and are there any children close by? Please don’t send Martin to the store untill he has been with you several times. It takes time to become adjusted to a new place and when you are among strangers it takes time to get acquainted. Let him be around the house and I hoe he won’t hurry through any work he may do for you. He really needs to get good and rested after the winter months. I hope he will have acquired the habit of breathing through his nose more while out there. Please remind him! Did you find paper drinking cups in the train? Did you show Martin how to be careful when he went to the lavatory? Did you have enough to eat on the train?
I hope you will be able to sun the mattress which are in the house where you will live. And that you buy some sulphur and burn. I think it best to let the rooms get a good airing afterwards that is before you move in.
I was reading a story about a lady who was travling on the train and I quote – She suddenly felt let down. That was the way it was when got off a train, always a let down in the pause after motion. Unquote. Well I hope you don’t work more than is necessary and that it will be sort of a vacation as well. Please read over my letter and answer questions. Please hang my picture up in Martin’s room.
As ever,
Your Mother.
And a few additional strips of letter. Literally...strips...
Marie – Only a few lines more. Quote – All habits gather by unseen degrees. As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. – Unquote.
P.S. Do they have buses out there?
Quote – Happiness lies first of all in health. Unquote.
P.S. Do they have buses out there?
Quote – Happiness lies first of all in health. Unquote.
Monday
Hello Martin –
How are you by this time? Is it warm out there or have you had rainy weather like we are having here at Jaresent? I would like for you to go to bed about the time you have been during school time. Please write a little note to me.
From,
Your Mother
Hello Martin –
How are you by this time? Is it warm out there or have you had rainy weather like we are having here at Jaresent? I would like for you to go to bed about the time you have been during school time. Please write a little note to me.
From,
Your Mother
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