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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, September-October 1942

1942-09-17 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 4

be tempted to think I did not do right or do the things you would have done. That would make hard feelings with my husband's kin, and I would not want that for anything. When both the parents are gone, then children who each have their own families are much more subject to their families ideas than to any brother-sister relationships that did bind them while either parent lived. The childhood family unity lasts for a while even after both parents are gone, but time weakens that. That is the reason I feel the divisions can be made best and with least friction while the problem of the estate is fairly new. Then if all business is settled satisfactorily, there isn't much left to get fussy about and real pleasant feelings among the kin have a lot better chance to grow. I don't feel all heated up about this or anything, but these are some ideas I've been going over in my mind. We can discuss them more when I come down. Any suggestions of this kind I think would get a better reception with Geo coming from you or at least my saying them to Geo without Rosie being present. Also, Churchill is too decrepit to drag out business with for years. If he couldn't finish the job some other lawyer would have to be

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be tempted to think I did not do right or do the things you would have done. That would make hard feelings with my husband's kin, and I would not want that for anything. When both the parents are gone, then children who each have their own families are much more subject to their families ideas than to any brother-sister relationships that did bind them while either parent lived. The childhood family unity lasts for a while even after both parents are gone, but time weakens that. That is the reason I feel the divisions can be made best and with least friction while the problem of the estate is fairly new. Then if all business is settled satisfactorily, there isn't much left to get fussy about and real pleasant feelings among the kin have a lot better chance to grow. I don't feel all heated up about this or anything, but these are some ideas I've been going over in my mind. We can discuss them more when I come down. Any suggestions of this kind I think would get a better reception with Geo coming from you or at least my saying them to Geo without Rosie being present. Also, Churchill is too decrepit to drag out business with for years. If he couldn't finish the job some other lawyer would have to be