Letter to 'My Dear Mom' — page 2, signed 'Vivian S.'
Book 2, Page 140 ·1934
Transcription
[Continued from page 139.]
… maybe that be.
I hope I get up there Christmas, if it’s possible. I sure miss you all — I’m simply mad — you all don’t know that ever since I’ve been [up here] she has been jealous of me [and] my own. And [now] I think I deserve [the] damn say [whatever] she does. How does she stand it? I haven’t been here all [of] my life. You know we [haven’t] tried [living] on $1.25. I’m with a bunch [of] mean — and a [little] would have been a [grand] greeting from her. And I just am maybe be [could] understand little interest. (Heaven forbid I go marshy!)
If you can find time to [scribe] us some news today, I’d love it. [Where do] we live so soon will I be there too?
We listen here every day on porches and we know about every thing required like that man. Are we going to take an apartment? What about you Daisy?
I love you Mom and I still think I wasn’t a [damn] bit of Miss [Davis’] or Davis’ business.
Love, vivian S.
AI Notes
Second sheet of the chatty letter begun on page 139 — same flowing blue-ink cursive on lined paper. Closes ‘Love, vivian S.’ The writer is plainly one of Amy’s daughters or a young relation; the family connection (and exact surname under ‘S.’) has not been verified. She mentions a sister or friend Daisy in the closing paragraph. The closing paragraph reads ‘Davis’ business’ — i.e., the writer is again denouncing the interfering Miss Davis from page 139. The signature line reads ‘Love, / vivian S.’ (the writer signed her first name without capital V — a personal mannerism). Many internal phrases remain conjectural; bracketed readings preserve the uncertainty.