I thought I’d take a little detour from the love letters to share a letter from my Great Uncle Hi to my grandpa.  Hi is the brother that my grandma mentioned in her first letter. He and Alice brought my grandma to Minneapolis to see my grandpa off when he left for basic training in Idaho. They believed in my grandparent’s love, even when grandpa’s mom disapproved.

Family is a crazy thing. Great Uncle Hi is no longer with us. He was about 25 years older than my grandpa, so he passed away quite a while ago. But I grew up with his great grandchildren! We still do family Christmas together. This one I share for my cousins.

Dear Brother Joe,

Received your letter, we were very glad to hear from you, and also that you arrived safe and sound. We hope that everything will be O.K. Bernice got a letter from Ralph. By this time our dear brother is many miles out to sea.

Mother is quite lonesome, having to take care of the fort [??] is quite a job. The kids are all O.K. Hope everything will be O.K. with you. Keep your chin up and everything will be all right. Just two more lessons to go to finish my course.

It’s been trying awfully hard to snow. The streets are awfully slippery. Had a black out here Monday night.

Love,

Hi, Alice and Kids