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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, January-May 1944

1944-04-10 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 2

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woke up about four this morning. I went back to sleep again soon. But I couldn't help think how nice it will be again when I find you within reach when I wake up. I don't have the nightmare like when you used to comfort me. But you always were so gentle and good to me. I appreciated it when you were here and I tried to show you I did. It took the war to make some people appreciate their mates and their homes, but we always appreciated those things. And we were thoughtful to make things good and not just assume "somebody, somehow" would give us a good life.
The security you give me by loving me (and saying so) and putting me first in your life is everlasting happiness to me. Do you remember long ago when you would ask me if I were happy? I used to think about that, and I never knew any of the girls whose boy friends asked them that. "Did you have a nice time?" or something like that, of course. But happiness like you meant it, I didn't know then. I felt it would be the feeling of man and a woman who had chosen each other for life companions. You were then the boyfriend. But that real companionship grew out of that, and you showed me and gave me real love (and happiness) first as your bride then as your wife, I've had the richness of companionship and love that many never know.

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2 woke up about four this morning. I went back to sleep again soon. But I couldn't help think how nice it will be again when I find you within reach when I wake up. I don't have the nightmare like when you used to comfort me. But you always were so gentle and good to me. I appreciated it when you were here and I tried to show you I did. It took the war to make some people appreciate their mates and their homes, but we always appreciated those things. And we were thoughtful to make things good and not just assume "somebody, somehow" would give us a good life. The security you give me by loving me (and saying so) and putting me first in your life is everlasting happiness to me. Do you remember long ago when you would ask me if I were happy? I used to think about that, and I never knew any of the girls whose boy friends asked them that. "Did you have a nice time?" or something like that, of course. But happiness like you meant it, I didn't know then. I felt it would be the feeling of man and a woman who had chosen each other for life companions. You were then the boyfriend. But that real companionship grew out of that, and you showed me and gave me real love (and happiness) first as your bride then as your wife, I've had the richness of companionship and love that many never know.