One-page handwritten letter on three-hole-punched lined paper. At some point, Helen wrote the date \u201cJan. 8, \u201987\u201d at the top.<\/p>\r\n
\r\nDear Grandma and Grandpa,<\/p>\r\n
Thank You so much for the presents! I
x<\/strike> really liked the candy and the lefsa. Also, I will definitely put the stopwatch to good use - at track meets, when I am not running, the coaches always need extra people to be timers. The twenty dollars went into my savings account. I bought a new tennis racquet, and I think I am still saving for ax<\/strike> \u201cCaddy.\u201d (Peter just bought a new car so maybe I won\u2019t have toxxx<\/strike> buy one after all.) Anyway, you can assume that you helped me pay for the racquet, or the car, or both. If I\u2019m not making any sense here, feel free to call any time.<\/p>\r\nChanging the subject, I am really sorry I didn\u2019t make it up there this time. I was very un-enthused about driving for forty hours, and only staying for about 72 hours. So, I stayed home and read The<\/u> Grapes<\/u> of<\/u> Wrath<\/u> for English class. I\u2019ve never read so much in such a short time.
x<\/strike> 500 pages in less than a week. I really enjoyed the story, which is unusuall, because I mostly dislike assigned English books. Have either of you ever read it?<\/p>\r\nWell, I have tests tomorrow along with running and working on my sports page, so I think
x<\/strike> I\u2019ll end this letter right here. Again thank you so much for the great presents!<\/p>\r\nLove,<\/p>\r\n
Joaquin<\/p>\r\n
P.S. Enclosed are two recent pictures of me. The first one is just a
x<\/strike> school picture, and the other one is at the Homecoming dance with my date, name redacted by Jed<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nNotes<\/h2>\r\n
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- Peter\u2019s car<\/dt>\r\n
- IIrc, that was a Mazda RX-7, a much sportier car than Peter had ever owned before.<\/dd>\r\n
- sports page<\/dt>\r\n
- Jay was on the high school newspaper staff.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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