May 10, 1941, Saw Ernie off on the train and felt lonesome. Came home and started cleaning my drawers. Jake sent me another letter and some pictures. He looks so thin and his hair is clipped short. Edmund, Johnny Lech, and Eddie came up early and left soon. J.L. came back about 8 and we…
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In Between Letters
Having been on this side of things more than once, the partner left home, I can tell you it’s not easy for either. Basic training, and being away from home for what follows, is no joke. We hear the strain of it in Jake’s letters immediately. But we left at home not only pine for…
Letters from “This Godforsaken Hole”
May 6, 1941, It’s so warm again and no rain. I had another letter from Jakey again today. It felt so good. Freda Grockmal read our palms and told us what the stars had in store for us-at club tonight. We adjourned to the Moonlight and we had cokes and exchanged experiences. All the way…
This Space for Writing Messages
to the one you love each stop of the journey just to let them know 5 minutes till the next leg many more until the next stop the next missive missing See you in the next letter. you are moving ever toward returning home or never. Tuesday, April 29, 1941 Had a card from…
Leading to the Leaving…
Sunday April 13, 1941 The doorbell woke me at 6 bringing me a corsage from Jake with even a little poetry enclosed. I’d love to know what the poetry said. So cute! Wednesday April 16, 1941 Jakey took us to work this morning. I told him to pick out a camera and let…
Beginning of April – No Joke!
Hello, I am here. I hope that means that I am back and will post more frequently. I’m sure many writers can relate to how hard it is to get going when writing inertia and life momentum gets going. Mostly, I find it is harder and harder the longer I am away. Regardless, however long…
The End of March, 1941
Friday, March 21st, 1941 The first day of Spring was lovely but not too warm. Jake came up and I had washed my hair. It takes all the romance out when one looks like that. We listened to the radio and Chet M. dropped in for a while. Jakey heard that he may be called…
The Middle of March, 1941
Babu’s 24th year doesn’t start off so good. Or, another way to look at it is that it actually started off with a bang. 😉 The Beginning of March, 1941 Wednesday, March 12th, 1941 It was hard for Ernie and me to get up. We resigned ourselves to the bus but Peaches took us to…
The Beginning of February, 1941
When I was working on the April A-Z challenge things got a bit out of order so I began a bit of this month already. Check it out here: April A-Z: A Month of Many Tears During this month things heated up quite a bit between our two lovers and mixed feelings about it ensued. …
The Beginning of January, 1941
I love reading Babu’s sweet passages, and even better her witty ones, but this next passage was not one of either of them. Passages like these remind me that this is more than just a hobby of mine, and it’s more than about just Babu’s life. This is a real retelling of her life and…
April A-Z: World War tWo
And to think I thought I’d have a hard time finding something for “W” Monday, December 9th, 1940 I don’t mind working at the office when things are going well. Lots of times I feel as if the girls don’t like me. Today was all right. Went to choir rehearsal. Jakey must be getting rested…
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