October 26, 1944
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26 Oct 44 @ 11 AM
and 2:55 PM
Dearest,
Oh! I’m so happy that I can
now write you — gosh, it was the
most disheartening & damnable thing
not to be able to answer your swell
letters. The cause goes something like
this: — someone (Lord knows who to
blame) stated that the lid-of-silence
was on during the past days; now
today it is revealed that that was
all wrong in the first place. Sooo,
now everybody writes madly to
get our letters in before 3PM.
For these day I have just ached
to say something — dearest!
dearest! dearest! you are doing
such a wonderful job c̅[1] Terry[2] —
absolutely completely wonderful!!
Gee, precious, for the 2,836,749th
reason I am so God-thankful I
married you! ‘Course Terry has lots
of socko, but it takes someone like
you to bring it out. Don’t think for
a single minute, darlin’, that I
don’t know how hard you work for
[2]
Terry; how hard you work c̅ Terry, &
how tired you do/must get. Gee!
8lbs 4oz!! — 3 ½ oz. at a crack!
Boy, oh boy, what a champ you is!
I know that you [at the moment][3] feel
& “see” your reward in his de[velo]pment
of weight, strength, size, smiling [SURE ITS
POSSIBLE & TRUE — I betcha][4], & his getting that
boyish look you described — BUT
here is something else that you can
list as a “reward”-in-your-mind —
the marvelous lift/happiness/pride
it gives me to read about weight,
“ounceage,” smiles, & real boyishness.
[Guess I haven’t expressed this very well but I
believe you can figure out this “indirect-reward
to your efforts].[5]
Never, never, never forget, dearest, that
I have many times said to you (& others too)
—I’ll put my money on you
(your judgment, your thought, you decisions, your
care, your everything) any time/any day as
far as our babies are concerned!!! It
seems a bit incongruous to say
THANKS A MILLION, dear, but at least
let me say “THANKS A HUNDRED MILLION,
MOTHER” for ol’ Thump[6] who just communicated c̅ me
Honest he just asked me to
[3]
I was real tickled about
that Express slip. I know that
you can see through [understand][7] it all s̅[8] me
itemizing. It was one in a million
& it [illegible deletion] materialized! Whoopie!
Oh, yes, there are about 4, 5, or 6
types of members of the Amer. Soc. of
Anesthetists. You tell me that I am
(QUOTE) “a member in good standing” —
but what kind of member am I, dear.
Seems ot me it runs “Active”, Full,” etc etc
& all I can do to help you is to
have you look in an issue of The
Journal where they usually print an
application blank each month. In
that blank are the kinds (types) of
members. Then look back at my
certificate to see which category they
granted me. Oh, yes, please carefully save
all those issues of The Journal as if I
should ever want to write The Amer
Boards in Anesth (a big job) there are lots
of review questions published that
have been asked on previous exams.
Gee, I wish I could tell you
how swell it has been these silence
[4]
days to at least be able to receive
letters from you. Oh, yes, — Aunt
Katherine Roantree wrote me – she
said that her last communication
c̅ you was unavoidably erroneous.
That Erb’s (right) Syndrome is as of the
moment being/becoming complete, but
her recovery time is as previously
anticipated by the doctor.
Soooo, dearest, don’t you worry
about any bitter-taste — honest!
Im so thankful I have the chance to
write this. Yes — my thoughts &
“minds-eye” of a Precious Wife &
Wonderful Son are the acme!!
All my love to you both,
Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] Their infant son.
[3] Bracketed text is part of original.
[4] Bracketed text is part of original.
[5] Bracketed text is part of original.
[6] Nickname for their infant son, Terry.
[7] Bracketed text written above “see through” in original.
[8] Medical abbreviation meaning “without.”