From Melbourne
6.11.83
Dear Alan,
We
just received a letter from you on Friday. They take about a fortnight to get
here. I am sure you could get to almost anywhere else in the world in less
time. You mentioned you were not sure how long you were going to stay there.
You have been listening to other people. You are the only person who can decide
what you will do. From outside South Africa it does seem to me that it doesn’t
matter which place you are in they are all potentially dangerous. But so are
lots of other places. You could come back to Australia work as suburban dentist
with nothing more exciting than crying children. Do you think you are ready for
that yet. I have found over the years it is better to work out a problem
yourself, listen to other people, all different points of view but you have to
do what you feel is right. Whenever I have done something because some-one else
says I should or because I find it is what other people feel and not what I
have really thought was right for me at the time it hasn’t all had the best
result. One thing I do know if we only do something because of the money we can
get we are not happy too long. It is always better to go where we are needed
provided we can stay alive. No use going anywhere if we don’t survive.
We were
not going to come for Christmas – we just can’t get any seats. We won’t do
anything about traveling now. You just do what you feel is best and maybe one
day we may go overseas. It would be nice but not that important.
Graeme
Roberts is getting married soon. He is teaching near Bendigo and is going to
live up near there. I don’t know who he is marrying.
There
has been a lot in the paper the last week about the referendum in South Africa.
All the editorials seem to think it is a move in the right way even if a very
slow change. I see the Capetown and Natal which I think have the most colored @
Indians gave the highest yes vote. Must mean something. Also Transvaal the
lowest vote. Was there a lot of talk over there about it. We have had more
about South Africa in the last week than we have seen for ages. Beverley cooked
lunch today – Paul (her boyfriend) was here too. She used a recipe from the
South African cook book. Worked out quite nice. She is in the middle of her
exams but feels she is going alright.
Love
Mum
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