>
> >
> > > > > >From Mum Here In Newfoundland
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear Son;
> > > > >
> > > > > I am writing this slow because you can't read fast.
> > > > >
> > > > > We don't live where we did when you left. Your dad read in the
paper
> > > that
> > > > > most car accidents happen within 20 miles of home - so we moved. I
> > can't
> > > > > send the address as the last family that lived here took the
numbers
> > > with
> > > > > them for their next house, so they wouldn't have to change their
> > > address.
> > > > >
> > > > > This place has a washing machine. But the first day I put 4 shirts
> in
> > > it,
> > > > > pulled the chain and I haven't seen them since.
> > > > >
> > > > > It rained here only twice last week - three days the first time
and
> > four
> > > > > the second time.
> > > > >
> > > > > About the coat you wanted me to send you, Aunt Sue said it would
be
> a
> > > > > little heavy to send in the mail with them heavy buttons, so we
cut
> > them
> > > > > off. I put them in the pockets.
> > > > >
> > > > > We got a bill from the Funeral Home, it said that if we didn't
make
> > the
> > > > > last payment on Grandma's funeral, up she comes!
> > > > >
> > > > > About your sister, she had a baby this morning. I haven't found
out
> > > wether
> > > > > it is a girl or a boy so I don't know if you're an Aunt or an
Uncle.
> > > > >
> > > > > Your Uncle John fell in the whiskey vat - some men tried to pull
him
> > > out,
> > > > > but he fought them off and drowned. We cremated him, he burned for
> > three
> > > > > days.
> > > > >
> > > > > Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pickup. One was
> driving
> > > and
> > > > > the other two were in the back. The driver got out, he rolled down
> the
> > > > > window and swam to safety. The other two drowned - they couldn't
get
> > the
> > > > > tailgate open!
> > > > >
> > > > > Aunt Mabel is knitting you some socks. She would have sent by now,
> but
> > I
> > > > > told her you had grown another foot since she saw you last, so she
> had
> > > to
> > > > > knit another one.
> > > > >
> > > > > No more news for now.
> > > > >
> > > > > Love
> > > > > Mum
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
