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Transcription of Letter
From
E. A. Derbyshire
Lister House
105, Boughton Green Rd.
Northampton NN2 7SU
England
To
Lynette R. Derbyshire
15 Chestnut Street
Huntington NY
11743-7104
U.S.A.
July 21st 1995
Dearest Rose (& John)
Herewith your snap. It is lovely, John said you want it to put in
your album. I am looking forward to other snaps of course. I'm so pleased the breast feeding is going so well & you
are making a good recovery.
Of course you are sure to get tired with the two of them (I can't write so well now). Thats why I am printing this.
Nellie will take time to
adjust. Her little life has been turned upside down and she's bound to feel jealous. You will feel at a low ebb Rose
just now but, Rose it
will get better I can assure you. You know I am thinking of you and
feeling for you all. Take each
day as it comes, don't try to do too much Rose dear. Its early days yet I believe in the old days, when mothers
were kept in bed a couple of
weeks to rest up and there always seemed to be a relative or good neibor to help out. It gave the mother time to
recover properly & give all a
chance to accept the new baby. I think of my mother going through it 13
times God knows how
she did it and survive to 85 years, yet she loved us all She must have spent most of her life washing nappies!
Linda is going to post this on
her way home
Take care, love you all Hope his little bottom is better Kiss them both for
me As always
Loving Mother