Wednesday August 29, 1979

"Our dear Teri:

We thought we would have heard from you by now. You can  understand our anxiety. I am going to send you a wire tomorrow to tell you the time I plan to call you on Sunday. I'll be calling 7:30 a.m. our time, 8:30 p.m. your time. I went by your room tonight and I got to thinking about the nights I had to rock you. Remember? Teri, you were always so grown up but you were always our little girl. Guess it will always be. We love you. Hope your parents will be patient & loving. They seemed to be in their letter. Remember it's a year of learning and acquiring a lot of new experiences. I got a call from Angela (my best friend) for your address and I talked to her mother. She asked that when you call be sure to ask for yourself and then they will call you. I'll get the number when I call Sunday.

Can you believe dad is planning to go to the races with Vince Sunday? That will be his last binge this year. Vince plans to go to State College tomorrow to pick up some papers and register. He'll come home & go back to school Monday. Ralph is still practicing. Saturday will be his first game.

I'm enclosing labels for the September birthdays. I've written the dates next to the names. I've made some contacts to take care of communications with you next year. (I'm not sure what she means by this.) Of course, Aunt Irene is a big help. An RCA telex representative is sending the wire for me tomorrow & John P is bringing your winter clothes with him to Tokyo next week & will mail the package from Tokyo. By the way, Teri, find out if the Inoue's have a son in Tokyo. John P knows some people by the name of Inoue. I'm giving him your phone number when he leaves for Japan. It's after 11 p.m. here now and I'm getting tired. 5:30 comes real early. This is our last week for 7 - 4. After Labor Day we go back to 8-5. I like the 8:00 a.m. but not 5:00 p.m.

Grandma & grandpa are well. Keep praying they stay well. She went to church again last Saturday night. Last Monday we celebrated Aunt Fran's 50th birthday & their 25th wedding anniversary. We went to Horseheads last night for Mary & Loren's 14th wedding anniversary. Love to all & give your regards to your family. We love you.

Mom, Dad, Vince, Ralph"

My mother worked for a company that had offices in Japan and she used her contacts to arrange the shipment of my clothing, the sending of wires, etc. It all seems so complicated looking back.