Richard Lee Holt Sr. letter to his wife Minneford Francis Holt, December 1944

My Dearest Sweetheart Sunday Night 7:30 Hello darling and how is my best girl to-night. As for myself I am OK, just spending a mighty long & lonesome evening. I have been siting here dreading to start a letter. To begin with I am not in the notion to write. You know what I mean. And another thing I didn't get any mail to-day. In fact no one got any. The mail has been coming in spurts again and I guess it will continue to do so until after the Christmas pkgs all come in. The last letter I got from you was written November the 1st & to-day is the 19th. It does look like the mail would come faster doesn't it? Is your mail still slow in coming? Honey I don't what the resaon is but I have gotten two V-mails lately that come straight through without being filmed. I don't know why they look OK to me. The last one was Oct 30th and you had better watch the word darn it looks a lot like dam to me. Your arent getting like I am are you I am afraid I will have to watch my language pretty close when I get back in civilization again This being over here amoung nothing but men sure does have its draw backs. I have quiet a time getting the boys to hold their talk when the Red Cross girls come around. I guess they are used to it. But that dosen't help matters any as far as I am concerned. Honey I hope by now that you have your denist work all done. I know it wasn't very pleasant while you were having it done, but am sure you will like it much better after is is finished Well I got back from another trip to Rome yesterday. I said I wouldn't go any more because it was so far, but I did. I don't regret having gon