Radio mirror (July-Dec 1946)

Then there was no overseas mail for a month. The yoiuig girl began to droop from not eating or sleeping much. She stayed home from work one morning and I heard her sobbing in her room. Timidly I knocked. There was no answer for 'a moment, then a tearful, "Come in." There she was, sitting up in bed holding a large photograph that was signed "All my love and kisses." "I hate her," she wailed, "I found her in a box of his things when I first came. I hate her. Even when I put the box away I know she's there grinning." I took the picture from her. "That was just a high school affair," I said. "She's married now and has two children." I tore the picture into bits and threw it into the wastebasket. My daughter gave me her first warm smile. Then all of a sudden she threw her lovely arms arond me and wept. "Mother, oh mother, why don't I get a letter? Do you suppose something's happened?" I held her close while I told her all the fairy stories I could think of why mail is delayed. They sounded so real I almost believed them myself. We both heard the click of the mail slot and the young girl rushed to the door. There was a happy cry and she ran back to me. "Sixteen letters," she shouted, healthy color coming back into her face. "Don't go, mother dear," she said, and with her head pressed against my shoulder, she read the last letter first, partly out loud. And then I knew that life can be beautiful between a mother and her son's wife. Mrs. p. V. L. LIKE A BAD DREAM Dear Papa David: Our family went through an experience in 1942 that taught us just how beautiful life can be. I am married to a fine husband. We have three wonderful children. One afternoon four years ago my twenty months old baby and I were enjoying our afternoon nap. I was awakened by a crackling noise and the feeling that I was choking. I got up and found that my house was a furnace of flames. The smoke blinded me and T.D.M.5pe//. 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