Saturday Evening, August 26, 1944
Dear Grandparents,
I thought that I would write to you tomorrow but I have just a little time tonight. If I get part of my writing done now I’ll feel a little easier about sleeping late in the morning. I always intend to get up in time for church but I tell you it sure feels good to sort of catch up on your rest on Sunday morning after a hard week. I am very thankful to the good Lord that it is still possible for me to rest and worship on His day.
Before I forget it I want to thank you for your part in the package I received the other day. The cookies were so crisp and fresh that it seemed they had been freshly baked when they got here. And they sure were good; that kind of cookies would tickle my appetite at any time. And the vaseline has come in handy for a million things – more or less – in just the few days I have had it. It is good to soften up the callouses on my feet as you suggested and I have used it a lot to relieve galled places on my body. By keeping the skin on my hand soft it has also just about cured sort of a rash that was bothering me. So you can see I’ve sure put it to good use. Thanks a whole bushel for everything!
Although we worked last week, I can truthfully say that we had a much easier schedule than we had the few weeks previous. We were studying more basic subjects and doing less of the problem type work that we had been doing. Also we didn’t even take one real long hike the whole week.
I guess that Fall is beginning to seem pretty close to you now. It sure doesn’t seem to to me that the tomato canning season could be here already. School time is almost here too and I hope you can get everything done down there you want before it starts. How are you and the new principal going to get along? Ha Ha!
Mother tells me that you are beginning to have some pretty cool weather – especially at night. Well the nights here have been cooling up a little too but there has only been about one night that I’ve needed more than a sheet over me. The way it gets hot here in the day time after being cool in the night reminds me of teh way Georgia acted last Fall.
I am still as much at a loss to know what I’ll be doing as I have always been. But you know that I am still hoping and praying for the time when all this will be a thing of the past. I hope you are as well as usual and are getting along alright with your work. I pray God’s richest blessings to rest on you.
Your loving grandson, Donald