From Empangeni
29.5.86
Dear Mom & Dad,
Sorry I haven’t written sooner, but since Stacey was born I
seem to spend all my time either bathing, feeding, changing baby and trying to
find time to do some studying and sewing. We are going to fly down to Cape Town
in three weeks’ time, just Alan, myself and Stacey as Melissa and Jolene have
asked if they could stay with my mom instead.
Because we expect it to be
a lot colder in Cape Town, I am trying to make a few warm clothes to
take with. We have just come home from spending the weekend in Durban and
Pietermaritzburg. We had to take Melissa to Durban to have her legs lengthened.
She has two legs, one for running around with and one for wearing to school and
on outings. It is a special leg and is molded to look like her other leg, but
it does not bend. We also had to take Jolene to the eye specialist as she has a
weak eye which is the result of a squint which was surgically corrected. She
has to wear a patch over the good eye to exercise the weak eye and the
specialist said that she will probably have to wear the patch for a couple of
hours a day for next year.
While we were there Alan ran the Pietermaritzburg to Durban
Comrades marathon again and finished in 8 hours 48 minutes. He was not very
happy when he finished and said that it is madness to run such a grueling race.
Every time he sits for too long, he gets stiff and sore. He is on leave for the month of June, so it
is nice to have some help at home. It has come as quite a shock having a baby,
you don’t realise what hard work it is as you forget these things as they grow
older. Some days Stacey will just feed and sleep until her next feed but
sometimes she just seems to be awake for hours and then I can get nothing done
as she needs to be nursed all the time. She is very good most of the time and
is not very colicky and she sleeps for nearly the whole night waking only at
about 3 or 4 o’clock. At the moment she is smiling and talking to everyone and
the moment she utters a sound everyone rushes to her cot. Melissa and Jolene love to hold her and are
disappointed that she spends so much time sleeping.
I don’t know if Alan mentioned it but she looks just like
him. Even her feet and hands are just like his. I don’t think she resembles me
in any way. It is still quite hot here
and I have just been thinking that considering it is now June, the weather
should be a bit cooler but we still don’t need jerseys or warm clothes so I
think Cape Town will be quite a surprise. Where my mother stays it gets quite
cold and we were this weekend and the difference between morning and night
temperatures are quite different to ours. We received your Parcel and Melissa
and Jolene were very pleased with the books you sent and I am sure that Stacy
will enjoy hers as well.
Love
from Lorna
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