Show sol di if am q U up sak la 0 e Mh kotova siberia may 11 1919 dear mother As AB today Is set bet aside by our government as mothers day I 1 am 9 going to write you a leter all your own if I 1 were in the states lowers would he be orn born but they are not to be had bad here nevertheless in of our nolle noble am ameaan mothers I 1 am sending this short mea gage to you as aa I 1 am very proud to place you among the motherhood of our nation 1 kven even the many lony years you have been denied the pleasures of good health no BO other could have been so devoted and watched with more interest and care over their sons bons and daughters than you have done what mother could have lone done more to help hell make ind preserve a horne home I 1 feel it more than my duty and fitting to write these words of appreciation for I 1 know you are ve anell deserving of all praise dear mother I 1 realize the many of your you younger iger dap but it seems that all children possess that trait of character also every home and people haie hae their unpleasant moments dut as I 1 have grown gronn to be older and more thoughtful I 1 realize the tasks before me I 1 am glad I 1 can see and feel the love ail and d sacrifice that you and father have given us all and I 1 am sure mother dear that wherever rover I 1 go or how low luxurious the surroundings may become the will III never be as dear as our old home where I 1 spent my childhood years even now mother I 1 ini anxious to get another chance to go and bring back nic trout for ou nu its is I 1 used to do I 1 was just thinking how low many thousand miles I 1 am away from home and the large body of water and the mountains that separate us iia hup but though I 1 am tar far away my thoughts thought are right at home 1 I itce ived leones leone B last letter and it sure euro was nas received with all the love and appreciation possible I 1 was not very much surprised to le learn arn of dear grandmothers death of course C 0 urse I 1 am fully aware of the pas affection you have alays hold held for your mother and I 1 joined with ou in the grief over her death dut but I 1 feel that dear grandmother was ready for tho the step we call death in this course of eternal life for myself I 1 shall always remember her and the last visit I 1 paid her also tho the bo box of chocolates she gave me on the day I 1 departed for north carolina I 1 hope we all shall behold her good and kind face again I 1 think v ae e shall I 1 think I 1 shall send aunt myrtle a letter and also uncle charlie they were all so good to me while I 1 was there it seems there are no particular news newa that I 1 can tell you but before closing this letter I 1 want to state there la Is no other message or gift I 1 could send you that would please you more than that your son la is living a clean honorable life out in the foreign land among hla his co comrades M I 1 feel this is the least I 1 can do to repay you and also tor for my own life and I 1 also feel the weight of these lines as it you were speak ing ug now do you know your soul is of my soul a part that you seem to be fiber and core of my heart no other can an pain me as you ou dear ca can n d do 0 no other can please nor praise me as you in closing my letter to mother 1 send loie to Q all and dav that I 1 am very thankful for the many bli ancs tut but my mother and la faglier 1 ier above all may god cod akis you k il 1 I 1 our loving son BOO I 1 pat ferry haddock co T L infantry A 1 E 11 siberia tr r depot quartermaster sa jiin n I 1 11 cisco california |