This is my mother. She left me when I was just 14 years old. I saw her a few times from teenage through the typical college years (although I didn’t have typical college years) and then she passed away before I married or had children. She was a wonderful woman that I know I would talk to her often if she were alive, but I really never got the chance.

The most current entries are things I would tell her and only her ... because they aren’t meant to be heard, just vented (if she were alive). The majority of this blog are letters she wrote to me (and a few to my sisters) during the years that we were apart.

Thursday, July 25, 1985

July 25, 1985

Dear Betsy,
I haven't heard from you for so long.  Did I do something wrong?  Please write me.  Hav eyou taken vacation yet?  Have you been to the beach yet?
It is in the high 80s so I have been in the apartment most all the time.  Jeanette is coming over tonight to do my hair.  It is so dirty.  All of a sudden it gets dirty.  It is still short but growing.
I go to bed around 10-10:30 pm so I can sleep with my medicines.  I need to be off my feet for 12-14 hours a night.  That is hard to do.
I have been reading a lot.  I just got done with one book.  Today I read a religious book and the Bible.  I haven't been to church in ages.  It is so hot.
I did laundry all day today and it is up and down the stairs for everything so my legs are tired and my feet burn.  I have had a lot of problems with my legs and feet.  I had to soak them twice in a day a few days ago.
Bob is resting now.  We will eat pretty soon.  bob made coleslaw today and it is always good.  I am going to fry some zucchini.  It is really good.
I called in 2 perscriptions for refill.  They cost $80 at Lanes.  Ii don't know where I'll get the money.  We are broke.  We need low income housing.  We can't affort to live here.  The lists for housing are so long.  It may take a year or more before we can move.
So how are you Betsy?  I hope and pray you are well.
I just cut my hand on something .  I got my last load of laundry up.  I just wanted you to know I was thinking of you and miss you.  Please remember I love you and always will.

All my love,
Mom

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