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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

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I've been thinking more about the letter I wrote this morning. You know never once when I was reviewing my old problems did I question your love or feel I didn't love, or that we had made a mistake in being together. Nor do I think I'll ever again be as long in getting the feelings settled. Those things I can make myself tell you always start shrinking right away instead of staying the same size a long time first. I think it is your love and understanding, insight and desire to help that does that. You mentioned once long ago whether I trusted you and if I did I could tell you my feelings. On your furlough we both told of our trust. I trusted last spring too, but I didn't understand what a strength and depth there was, so until I grew up in that I couldn't use it like I can now. I don't think either of us will ever question the fundamental fact of love of our companion no matter how rough the going may get sometimes. I don't say that smugly, but humbly and with joy and gratitude. We know the stories of married people falling for others but that won't be one of us. As to things either of us may do, we may hurt our companion's feelings something (but less and less often through the years and its never been often) but the hurt one can be secure that it was lack of insight and not lack of love or intention of being mean that did it. Is not all this so, Laddie?

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2 I've been thinking more about the letter I wrote this morning. You know never once when I was reviewing my old problems did I question your love or feel I didn't love, or that we had made a mistake in being together. Nor do I think I'll ever again be as long in getting the feelings settled. Those things I can make myself tell you always start shrinking right away instead of staying the same size a long time first. I think it is your love and understanding, insight and desire to help that does that. You mentioned once long ago whether I trusted you and if I did I could tell you my feelings. On your furlough we both told of our trust. I trusted last spring too, but I didn't understand what a strength and depth there was, so until I grew up in that I couldn't use it like I can now. I don't think either of us will ever question the fundamental fact of love of our companion no matter how rough the going may get sometimes. I don't say that smugly, but humbly and with joy and gratitude. We know the stories of married people falling for others but that won't be one of us. As to things either of us may do, we may hurt our companion's feelings something (but less and less often through the years and its never been often) but the hurt one can be secure that it was lack of insight and not lack of love or intention of being mean that did it. Is not all this so, Laddie?