By and by you started to work, maybe in the electrical line. You had the opportunity to travel out of the country to visit Barbados, I think. I was so impressed: going abroad. What I remember most was the day you returned home wearing a new suit you had made to order. The color was almost a Kelly green. I don’t think you wore the suit very often.
When you got married in 1940/1941 I was very excited and impressed. I was working in Maine at the time and I remember I bought you and Mildred a wedding gift with my first full pay check. After the war you and your young family were living in a low-cost housing community in San Pedro, just south of Los Angeles. I was struck by the fact that your apartment there had nothing on the walls, just bare walls. The next time I paid a visit to San Pedro I brought two framed reproductions of paintings by Van Gogh and put them up to decorate your apartment. I could never bear bare walls.
Over the years, I have continued to provide you with works of art, not reproductions, but originals and now your living room stands high among many Southern California interiors.
I’m sure there are other moments to remember but these are the ones that come to mind. Enjoy. And let me know how your eye exercise is working. Take the time to relax.
Love, Philip