October 9th 1945 Letter From Leona

Oct 9, 1945

Lu My Dearest,

Darling, I hope you never receive this letter while you're overseas. It just made me sick when I received your Sept. 23 letter today. But surely by this time you're at least on the boat home. I'm so sorry now that I didn't keep on writing before.

I'm still apartment hunting darling but I'm definitely a pessimist now. There just isn't anything. Oh, darling, I really don't care what we have to live in so long as we can be together and that's all that counts. Honestly darling I don't ever want to be out of reach again.

Oh I wish you could see Lynne dance! She jumps up and down on one foot and waves and taps the other, sometimes she tries tapping both, and her arms are going at the same time. It's so funny.

Amy and Henry are here on furlough. Henry expects a 45 day furlough when he gets back to Boise and They're coming back down to Salt Lake. If you're not home by that time, I believe something drastic will happen.

I bought some pans today and I have been looking for some dishes. so far I haven't found anything. I dream of keeping house and really being a wife and mother, but it seems so hard to try to realize that it is possible.

Guess I better go and put buttons and button holes in Lynne's dresses. Golly, honey, I sit down and write to you and spend 3 or 4 hours dreaming. Hurry Honey, let's dream together.Hurry, hurry, hurry home honey. I can't wait. I want you so much. I love you and need you. Darling, wire me as soon as you hit New York, please.

All my love,

Leona and Lynne

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