May 18, 1963
Dear Beth;
Kirk made the enclosed card for you* He says
it had to be homemade because "Hallmark just doesnft have
anything for this sort of situation11 and Ifm afraid tha$
he is right!
In any case, it is an indicator of the interest
and sympathy your recent experience has caused here*
("experience"—-now therefs a nice euphemism!)
We are, as I!m sure you know, very proud of
you and also a littler guilty that you have managed to do
something about a situation that we chiefly talk about*
You have our complete support—«our prayers, our enthusiasm,
and any more concrete help you may need*
fhatfs about all 1 can say as a Friend (and,
I hope, a friend)* As an editor, however, I have a much
more explicit interest* May I ask you to write a complete
account of your experience (therefs that word again) so
that 1 can use it in the Newsletter* I know that all of
our members and attenders—-here and away—would be most
interested in hearing exactly what did happen, why it
happened, how you felt, how others acted and reacted,
what was the outcomes-immediate and longer range*
While this may seem like a chore now, 1 offer
three selfish reasons why I hope you will consider it:
1* I recently sorted over a lot of letters I
wrote to my mother during the war* I have saved many and
am, today, very glad that I wrote down some of those experiences while they were fresh in my experience*
May 18, 1963
Dear Beth;
Kirk made the enclosed card for you* He says
it had to be homemade because "Hallmark just doesnft have
anything for this sort of situation11 and Ifm afraid tha$
he is right!
In any case, it is an indicator of the interest
and sympathy your recent experience has caused here*
("experience"—-now therefs a nice euphemism!)
We are, as I!m sure you know, very proud of
you and also a littler guilty that you have managed to do
something about a situation that we chiefly talk about*
You have our complete support—«our prayers, our enthusiasm,
and any more concrete help you may need*
fhatfs about all 1 can say as a Friend (and,
I hope, a friend)* As an editor, however, I have a much
more explicit interest* May I ask you to write a complete
account of your experience (therefs that word again) so
that 1 can use it in the Newsletter* I know that all of
our members and attenders—-here and away—would be most
interested in hearing exactly what did happen, why it
happened, how you felt, how others acted and reacted,
what was the outcomes-immediate and longer range*
While this may seem like a chore now, 1 offer
three selfish reasons why I hope you will consider it:
1* I recently sorted over a lot of letters I
wrote to my mother during the war* I have saved many and
am, today, very glad that I wrote down some of those experiences while they were fresh in my experience*
