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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs E.A.Derbyshire
Lister House
Kingsthorpe. Northants
England NN2 7SU.
To
John & Lynette Derbyshire
15, Chestnut Street
Huntington
NY 11743-7104
U.S.A.
July 15th 1997
My darling children,
received the lovely pictures & letters today, they are as always delightful & I have to look at
them many,
many times during the days ahead before I put them in the album. Rose, darling, you are as lovely as ever & I long
to see you. I want to tell
you before I depart this world how much I love you & thank you for making my son so happy & giving me such
beautiful grandchildren I
want to hold you & them in my arms & love you all to bits. I really wish Rose that I had made better use of
our time together, short as it
was. Please believe me dear, that you are always with me I think of you every waking minute & try to picture
you in your everyday life
with your family around you (even if they drive you crazy at times)!! You are very much loved Rose & always will
be Be proud of what you
have achieved together & as the children grow I hope they will be as loving & caring as you deserve. I can't
write much now, my fingers are
clumsy & I drop things I've decided to stay here & see what happens. Better the devil you know than the
one you don't!! I'm too old
now to stand any more upheaval — just don't want to be bothered with changes. It is cooler today. I have
trouble to breathe when it's so
humid. Thank you again for everything — this is all I can manage for now —
Later. Love the children for me hugs & kisses all round. Love to
Boris, Violet &
Micky. I'll bet Boris was glad to see you
all Nellie you are a clever little girl
& I am very proud of you. You are
growing up so fast I'll bet Daniel wants to copy all the things you do, but it's nice to have a brother I'm
sure you'll have some lovely
times together I had 5 brothers & they used to tease me all
the time & pull my
hair & undo my ribbons Then my Mummy would be cross with ME
for being untidy but we had a lot of fun together. Now they are all gone but I think of them often Old
people always look back & remember how things were when they were little — grumble a bit about the
changes that come some good, some not but that's life Have to go to lunch now then this afternoon I
usually lie on the bed & go to sleep After tea, I watch TV sometimes, try to read a bit, perhaps have a phone
call go to bed around 10 o'clock. Say a prayer to keep you all safe & well I wake many times in the
night & think about you all & about 5 in the morning I'm wide awake & open my windows breakfast any
time after 7.3 am brought to my room.
Rose dear, your peonies are gorgeous — like you! You really do have GREEN fingers. The pictures have been well passed around & everyone says what a lovely family you are. It's after lunch & I am finishing this off so I can get it posted.
All for now. Loads of love
hugs & kisses to all.
As ever
Your
loving mother X
X X X and Grandmother X X X X X
John I'll talk to you on Friday. Be proud of who & what you are as I
am.
Love you X X X X X X X