Sara Pryor Chuning - 14 years old

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Virginia Baker Jackson to Edna and Jess Spennetta 12/27/1943

Dear Edna and Jess:
I hope you'll excuse my typing this, but I'm doing this at work and it's probably the only chance I'll get for some time to do some letter-writing. Things are certainly dull here tonight. I can't say that things are ever dull at home.
Thanks so much for the nice walnuts. We haven't had any for months, I don't believe. I suppose you can still get them, but Harold does all the marketing on his ay home from work and he never thinks of them. I like to have some on hand all the time. Thanks too for the darling little hankies.
Santa was very good to us this year (as usual). The children got a lovely slike, and they've been having a picnic with it. Shirley isn't quite old enough for it, but I don't think it will be long. She walks all over now. You haven't seen her since she was three months old, have you? Carol is getting to be quite the little lady. She'll go to the kindergarten next year. It doesn't seem possible. Judy is still roly-poly and full of mischief, but then they are all full of the dickens.
Well, I've been working for six months now, and i"m certainly getting tired of it. It probably won't be long until I've had my fill, and I'll be back home where I belong.
How have you all been? There's been so much sickenss. Harold's folks were supposed to come here for Christmas, but his Mother was sick in bed with the flu and they couldn't come. It was the first time they had ever been away from their family at Chiristmastimes. I guess she felt much better Christmas day but didn't come for the children's sake.
We got a card from Mary and Don. I had lost her address and couldn't send her one so I'll make up for it by writing her.
All the best wishes in the world for the New Year.
Love,
Virginia

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