Thank you for the nicest gift and surprise of writing materials. I will use them. I got your note that you were making a trip to Salt Lake. I hope it was a very pleasant journey. Salt Lake is a very nice town though not real big.
When I was married to Bob Cooper (he used to follow the union work wherever it was and we went to 1st Provo from Hanford, Washington for about 6 weeks and we bought 5 acres betwen Sandy and DRaper. Bob drove every day to work and he built me cages and I raised rabbits. I didn't like so much snow, but the rabbits really thrived. I could catch one in the pen, hit it in the head, hang its hind legs up (tied) on a big nail, skinned it, then cut it up and we sold them to travelers. That was my THING. As I was staying home with Bonnie who was 3-4 then. and Roberta was in 2nd grade. She had to ride the bus to Draper.
The winters were fierce. Windy and cold with 3 ft of snow. I finally told Bob I was leaving in the spring and a job got finished so we reclaimed our hourse in San Diego and went home. He had become sickly in Utah and the Dr. told him (army doctor) he had 6 months. So, he began going to the army hospital on the road to Frisco. He went to the veteran's hospital for 3 wks at a time and would feel pretty good until once we were heading to the veterans and he said his chest hurt very badly so I said we'd better see the Dr. first and the Dr. took one look at him and ordered him to the hospital. He died at 6 pm and is now buried in the veteran's cemetery of San Bruno. By then, Roberta and Bonnie were both married so that was the beginning of my loneliness. So I began square dancing and Jack became my partner. That was a great 23 years.
You must be tired of this.
Love to all, Nana
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