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Come with me as I meet my Mother through this series of letters, she died when I was 6 months old and this is my very first real glimpse into her world, who she was, who she wanted to be and how she loved my Father.
A collection of 36 letters hand written by my Mother Joyce at University of Denver and sent to my Father Earl at University of Colorado Boulder when they were first engaged in 1952. The letters span from September 1952 - January 1953. My Mother died from Breast Cancer in 1971 at the age of 40. The original language of the letters is read intact to maintain the integrity of the authenticity of her words, 1952 is a very different time culturally and economically.
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S1E36 Letter 35 01/18/1953 The Apology Letter
Send a textShow Notes: January 18th, 1953 — Joyce’s tone softens in this deeply emotional letter, one that begins with laundry, dorm fights, and small domestic details but quickly turns into…
S1E35 Letter 34 01/14/1953 Ballerina Dishes and Bach
Send a textShow Notes: January 14th, 1953 — Joyce writes in a mood of calm domestic rhythm, the kind that hums between winter lessons, laundry, and longing. She’s just finished a piano lesson — one…
S1E34 Letter 33 01/13/1953 Symphony Tickets and Smoked Herring
Send a textShow Notes: January 13th, 1953 — Joyce’s world is equal parts chaos, comedy, and contemplation. She begins with gossip from home: her engagement announcement with Earl has made it into…
S1E33 Letter 32 01/12/1953 Too Good to Be True
Send a textShow Notes: January 12th, 1953 — Joyce writes from Denver with a head full of possibilities and a heart full of longing. Her letter to Earl begins with cautious excitement — two potential…
S1E32 Letter 31 01/05/1952 Fingers Crossed and Twelve Credit Hours
Send a textJanuary 5th, 1953 — Joyce begins the new year in Denver with a flurry of errands and anxious hope. She’s back to campus life, juggling scholarship appeals, registration forms, and…
S1E31 Letter 30 01/04/1953 The Happiest New Year
Send a textJanuary 4th, 1953 — Joyce is back in Denver after the holidays, surrounded by dorm chatter, souvenirs, and lingering memories of Christmas and New Year’s Eve with Earl. She’s unpacked her…
S1E30 Letter 29 12/24/1952 Christmas Eve and the Smell of Scouring Powder
Send a textDecember 24th, 1952 — It’s Christmas Eve in Kankakee, Illinois, and Joyce is writing from the depths of exhaustion, love, and heartache. Home for the holidays, she finds herself tending to…
S1E29 Letter 28 12/18/1952 Stamped, Sorted, and Homesick
Send a textDecember 18th, 1952 — Joyce writes late at night from Kankakee, Illinois, balancing exhaustion, work, and homesickness as Christmas approaches. She’s working long shifts at the post…
S1E28 Letter 27 12/15/1952 The Original Karen and the Hope Chest
Send a textThis episode was one of the harder letters to read and place into the world. There is an example of Hate ( Blue Square) in this episode, due to that fact the publish date was pushed past…
S1E27 Letter 26 12/13-14/1952 Airmail, Diamonds, and Denver Dreams
Send a textDecember 13–14, 1952 — Joyce’s letter home spans two days and two states, written partly from a jerky train bound for Illinois and partly from her family home in Kankakee. Traveling by…
S1E26 Letter 25 12/08/1952 Pencil Notes and Nervous Glances
Send a textDecember 8th, 1952 — Joyce writes from her Education and Sociology class, balancing her notebook on her lap while Dr. Shiri looms nearby, close enough to notice she’s writing. She sketches…
S1E25 Letter 24 12/2/1952 Spaghetti, Hockey, and Final Projects
Send a textShow Notes: December 2nd, 1952 — Joyce is relieved to find a letter from Earl waiting for her at home and dives into another busy day of rewrites and responsibilities. She’s nearly…
S1E24 Letter 23 12/1/1952 Happy Birthday, Lost Notes, and Big Dreams
Send a textShow Notes: December 1st, 1952 — On Earl’s birthday, Joyce opens with “I love you very much” and a cheery wish, but the letter soon turns into a portrait of an exhausted young woman…
S1E23 Letter 22 11/25/1952 Sex Education, Soapboxes, and Slow Days
Send a textShow Notes: November 25th, 1952 — Joyce is once again writing from Dr. Shiri’s class, distracted by a student’s clumsy report on sex education, Puritan beliefs, and the meaning of love.…
S1E22 Letter 21 11/24/1952 Thanksgiving Week and A+ Dreams
Send a textShow Notes: November 24th, 1952 — Joyce beams with pride over an A+ on her genetics exam and looks ahead to Thanksgiving week as a welcome break from the grind. She compares spring…
S1E21 Letter 20 11/19/1952 Between Socks, Songs, and Soap Dishes
Send a textShow Notes: November 19th, 1952 — Joyce writes to Earl relieved that her genetics test felt “too easy for comfort” and proud of a composition song whose melody came together in under an…
S1E20 Letter 19 11/18/1952 Ink-Stained Hands and Snow-Dusted Pines
Send a textShow Notes: November 18th, 1952 — Joyce writes with an inky, leaky pen, alternating between work at the café and outlining chapters for her upcoming genetics test. She muses about…
S1E19 Letter 18 11/07/1952 Puppets, Potatoes, and the Core of Everything
Send a textShow Notes: November 17th, 1952 — Joyce writes this letter from inside Dr. Shuri’s class, half listening to a heated discussion about replacing algebra, languages, and history with a new…
S1E18 Letter 17 11/11/1952 Tape Measures, Socio-Dramas, and Counting the Days
Send a textShow Notes: November 11th, 1952 — Joyce writes in pencil after her bath, determined to avoid another inky mess. It’s been an “ordinary day” full of work rushes, sore feet, and a compliment…
S1E17 Letter 16 11/11/1952 Puppets, Piano, and Missing You
Send a textNovember 11th, 1952 — Joyce writes Earl on another Monday, her longing so intense she says she’d walk the turnpike just to be in his arms. Her day has been a whirl of productivity: reading…
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