>
> > > > >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
> >
> >
>


 

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