Love Letters

Letters from Dad to Mom

Monday October 30, 1944
Somewhere in Germany

Darling Vi

I am back with my unit again after a visit to Paris. Stayed in one of the hotels, had a god visit over the town. Rode the subway, there's carriages drawn by horses and little carriages drawn by bicycles. Saw the opera house, the famous arch, the Eiffel tower, and many other famous places. Oh yes I saw the Notre Dame cathedral. We left there on Saturday. Stayed in Rimes(?) France coming back. The weather here sure is turning cold. We should be getting our winter uniforms pretty soon. I got back and found six letters waiting for me. One from you darling, two from Bob, one from Mother McKee, Mother Moore and Dot McKee. I should be getting more very soon. I am receiving the mail ok now darling Thank goodness. I sure do look forward to your letters. They sure are wonderful letters.

Steve sure is gaining if he weighs over 15lbs now. I sure would love to see him. I would give anything to have you in my arms darling. I'm in the 1st army darling.

Enough for now.
All my Love Eddie
I AM YOURS FOREVER DARLING.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Kris! We missed you at our get together last weekend. I hope you have a wonderful Birthday! Love and kisses from Indiana.

Stop Already!

I can't be quiet anymore. It's driving me insane. What?? you say. Internet rumor emails. I love the Internet. It lets me stay in touch with my family and shop. Shopping on the Internet is way cool, but just like anything else, stupid people also use the Internet. So the stupid people make up blatant lies and circulate them through emails. What bothers me the most is the intelligent people I know forwarding them to me. I don't want to think that my friends are that gullible. 99.9% of the emails one receives with the large print type are not real. They get people all stirred up which starts discussions not based on fact. Case in point is the health care issue. Someone started a rumor that they were going to euthanize old people when their health got really bad. Seriously! No not going to happen. However; why would a doctor order diagnostic tests on say a 90 year old with diabetes and COPD on a ventilator? They SHOULDN'T! That would definitely be a waste of medicare dollars. As a nurse I've seen it happen. The waste I mean. I had a brain dead patient (not yet legally declared) but for all intents and purposes he was dead. He had a broken leg as well and the Orthopedic surgeons wanted to do surgery. Really???? Are you kidding me???? Waste of money, and it happens all the time.

The email that I received today that set me off was about gun control. It talked about how there is a bill that would require you to report every gun you own on your taxes. You would be taxed x amount of dollars. There were also other regulation that you would have to abide by in order to own a gun. It actually had a link to a government web site so you could read the proposed bill. I went to the government site, and there is no such bill by that number. Obviously the person that sent me that email didn't even investigate it before forwarding.

Moral of the story is: Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see.
Also, don't send me any email propaganda unless it's a cute puppy.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Julian. I cannot believe you are already 6 years old. I still remember the first time I held you in my arms after you were born. You're a good boy and quite a hoot! I love you bunches and I hope you have a wonderful 6th Birthday.

Letters From The Past

Family nostalgia is on my mind since having everyone here last weekend and going through Mom's stuff. I thought I would share some of the interesting letters that I found.

I found this letter in a blank envelope with no date. It had to be from 1940ish, give or take a year. Here is the exact letter.

Dear Miss Moore,

You've got something pretty good in Ed. Hang on to him but watch the other gals cause he's just too darn beautiful to be true. Especially those eye lashes which I hope my gal never sees.

You must be pretty special too if what Ed says is only half true. He really loves you in case you're interested and no doubt you are.

Everyone here thinks that Magee is pretty much on the o.k. side.

In case you're wondering why you've received this, it's a little thing I'm trying to see how Mac trusts me. If you receive this, it means that he hasn't read it and if you don't, you won't be interested.

Another thing I meant to put on here is that he is really true to you.

Yours, (thru a mutual acquaintance)

Pvt. Moe Meyer

I'm still not sure if this letter was meant to reassure Mom how much Dad loved her from a third party perspective, or if it was a test of honor between Dad and this guy. Maybe both. I just think it's soooo cool how trust and honor and fidelity meant so much to them. That letter just struck me as so innocent and pure, something that seems so rare now.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday Delanie you little peanut! I'm so glad we finally got to meet you. You're a little beauty. Go crazy and tear into that cake....YOU'RE ONE YEAR OLD!
As Karl pointed out earlier I'm 50 times older than you. XXXOOO Lots of love from Indiana.