Show KATHLEEN KA NORRIS S Mother Torn Porn Between Mate Kids ff rINE n MINE INE IS A SAD problem writes a woman from a city in western north New York state My husband Is coming home inJune In InJune inJune I June after almost three years In prison I have never felt that he was to blame for anything he be did the man he trusted was to blame for the ruin of all of us But Dut David was the one who paid When this terrible blow fell I I rented my home and came with my girls to live with my mother They were then 11 and 15 old enough to be consulted and we decided to stay right in our own home town and face the music Our friends stood by magnificently and while I went to see David regularly reg reg- regularly he didn't wish the girls ever to go to the prison and they never did Girls Dread His Coming David is a sensitive scholarly man and he dreads coming home On the other hand the girls dread his coming Miriam the older has many social engagements and a good job Sharon is at the age when any criticism from her friends is insufferable They try to be loyal but I can see the nervous tension I beginning I David would like to accept an I offer otter he has had from a California firm miles away He makes I I t r went to St tee see David no demands He takes It for granted that he shall go to this city and start over so heavily handicapped alone I know what my accompanying him would mean menn to him it might well make the difference between his failing falling or his hb succeeding but I am housekeeper housekeeper house house- keeper here confident of both daughters and Mother and I feel I owe Mother much for her com com- companionship of us when we so needed it At the time of our tragedy she once pressed me to divorce David and even to make another mar mar- marriage marriage but she has never worried me since with that suggestion We four despite the bitter circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances have formed a happy and harmonious household here my going would place new burdens on the others And David would be generous and understanding So the decision is entirely in my hands He Be Might Be Lonely What shall I do David Is 41 I am 37 His work is so highly specialized and he has been so successful in it that I have no fears for his future in that line but the loneliness of a boardInghouse boarding boardinghouse boardinghouse house or hotel room might easily I I reduce him to a condition of despair de de- de On the other hand there are Mother and the girls They are just reaching such fascinating years years years' needing frocks and advice a mothers mother's mothers mother's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's sympathy and help And there is Mother whose only child I am At 60 she cannot give the girls the same superintendence that I could although they really love her What shall I do June will bring David home By that time I must be definite definite nite about our future eIn e In answer to Roxanne Wilson I Isay Isay Isay say go with ith your man You have an opportunity that is not often given to a wife wile the chance to help i if not actually save a human soul soulin soulin in desperate need To have you beside him especially especial ly as he will know that you are sacrificing the comfortable home you have made for yourself and leaving the three persons you love best will do more for tor his pride than any other possible cure could work Traveling again with him house hunting again with him setting up your own kitchen again will renew the old feeling of confidence confidence confidence con con- and courage in starting afresh It may not always be easy for you For even though you say he heIs heis heis is gentle genUe and understanding he will have many difficult moments You will feel that in beginning new friendships your whole story must be told you for one moment sail under false colors It will be much simpler in the end i if you have everything understood from the first But I believe you will achieve a success that will make all your years ahead serene and proud When you go back to your old oldtown oldtown town for a visit you will find no difficulties and the girls will only be friendly and natural with the father who has won his way back to restoration without complicating their young affairs One One word of further advice When you make your decision and I hope hope it will be In Davids David's favor stick to it ft |