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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, November-December 1942

1942-12-11 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 2

few and small compared to the good things. Now I will tell you about them. Besides they (old hurts) have shrunk, and no new ones are taking their places, and shrinking continues. Your letter of tuesday was waiting here for me tonight. I had hoped to have one by to-morrow, so this being earlier was such a pleasant surprise. You certainly put a lot of affection into that letter. How glad I am that it seems good enough and worth while enough to you to make the effort to express those feelings. And that you do feel that way is the thing that makes our marriage so good. I'm always there with you just like you are with me. Those four days were really great. I don't regret anything about them. We had a chance and used it to make our love all the more secure. If you enjoyed them like you said, and wrote, then I'm completely glad. You are right that the tears about church left no permanent hurt if you didn't suffer being there. I'd have felt pretty bad if we hadn't gone, but not nearly as bad as if by going you would find hate for me for doing it. I liked it that you were about to say something good about the sermon and the preacher. The doctors at Rochester say now that many people become sick from a lack of balance of four necessities of life (1) work (2) play (3) love (4) worship. A bad balance of these may be the cause of actual physical symptoms of illness. I think we have done pretty well in adjustment since we've been

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few and small compared to the good things. Now I will tell you about them. Besides they (old hurts) have shrunk, and no new ones are taking their places, and shrinking continues. Your letter of tuesday was waiting here for me tonight. I had hoped to have one by to-morrow, so this being earlier was such a pleasant surprise. You certainly put a lot of affection into that letter. How glad I am that it seems good enough and worth while enough to you to make the effort to express those feelings. And that you do feel that way is the thing that makes our marriage so good. I'm always there with you just like you are with me. Those four days were really great. I don't regret anything about them. We had a chance and used it to make our love all the more secure. If you enjoyed them like you said, and wrote, then I'm completely glad. You are right that the tears about church left no permanent hurt if you didn't suffer being there. I'd have felt pretty bad if we hadn't gone, but not nearly as bad as if by going you would find hate for me for doing it. I liked it that you were about to say something good about the sermon and the preacher. The doctors at Rochester say now that many people become sick from a lack of balance of four necessities of life (1) work (2) play (3) love (4) worship. A bad balance of these may be the cause of actual physical symptoms of illness. I think we have done pretty well in adjustment since we've been