From A Mother With Love
Dear Child,
I am writing this slow because I know that you can’t read fast.
We don’t live where we did when you left home.
Your Thaththi read in the paper that most accidents happen within 20
miles from your home so we moved.
I won’t be able to send you the address, as the last family that
lived here took the house numbers when they left so that they wouldnt
have to change their address.
This place is nice. It even has a washing machine. I’m not sure if it
works too well though.
Last week I put a load in, pulled the chain, and haven’t seen them
since.
The weather isn’t too bad here, it only rained twice last week. The
first time it rained for three days and the second time for four days.
The coat you wanted me to send you, your Uncle Sarath said it would be a
little too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them
off and put them in the pockets. We got another bill from the funeral
home.
They said if we don’t make the last payment on Archi’s grave, up she
comes. Jayaratne locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were worried
because it took him two hours to get me and Rasika out.
Your sister had a baby this morning but I haven’t found out what it
is yet, so I don’t know if you’re an aunt or an uncle. If the baby is a
girl, your sister is going to name it after me, she’s going to call it
Ammi.
Uncle Peter fell in a whisky vat last week. Some man tried to pull
him out but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated and he
burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck. Harris
was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your two
friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldnt get the
tailgate down.
There isn’t much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.
P.S. I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already
sealed. |
