Ruth called last nite to tell us she will have a hip replacement on Fri. about 1pm. It will be at Swedish American Hosp, Rkfd. She'll be in the hosp. about 5 days & then will go to P. A. Peterson Home for therapy, etc.
At noon today our time Charles called to tell us Lila took a fall yesterday & will have an emergency hip replacement this aft. as soon as the Dr. finishes another schedule operation. She has complained of sharp pains & fell a couple of times at home yesterday. They went out to a meeting & she fell in the parking lot. They called 911. The nurse said the bone was already broken so the fall didn't cause it. That's probably the only way Lila would see a Dr. or go to the hosp. What a coincidence - both sisters having the same operation.
Chas. mentioned he was in Madison for a mtg. & called at the library to see you. He said the library is so nice. Think he was surprised. He spoke with someone who is active in Lib. work & she spoke very highly of you, Paul. Nice words for a mother to hear!
Cleaned upstairs today. Usually it's a Tues. job but tomorrow is suppose to be nice & warmer for a change. So in the A.M. I'll walk over town & cash a refund check (returned 4 cases kitchen tiles ) & go to the library. In the aft. have circle at church.
Until July 2010, when her eyesight deteriorated, my mother wrote 1000s of chatty letters during her lifetime - to her parents, in-laws, sisters, children, friends. Tho she started to write to me on a regular basis in Sept '68 when I began my freshman year at SUNY-Buffalo, it wasn't until 10 years later that I decided to hold onto them. (Very inconsistently at first, to which the big gaps between dates attest.) These are the letters transcribed, annotated, and otherwise highlighted here.
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