AN/ I don't really know. Enjoy.
9/11/92
Mary Ruth Miller
Dear Mama,
I miss you so much. Da says this will help me feel better about everything. He says that it’s my calling to take care of the family, since i’m the oldest. It’s been hard, mama. Martha and Sarah miss you, James misses you, Abram and Mark, Kate too, but it has been hardest for lizbeth. She’s just a baby, not even a year and a half. She cries for you and yells and we all must listen to it, knowing that she (nor we) will not see you.
I miss you so much, Mama. I didn’t know how difficult it would be to do your work, but it is hard. I am always tired, but I must be selfless, for the children, for Da, but the most for my God.
I’m to be baptized this fall, mama. It scares me and calms me at the same time. I have seen the struggle that comes with this life so easily. I love the Lord and I love my family both so dearly, and it scares me to write on paper that I may not want to be baptized.
My candle runs low, I think I shall put this book in a hiding spot, though I really don’t have to. The first thirty or so pages are covered in words from my school days, so I don’t think anyone will ever know. And if this is found, it will be the will of God.
I will always think of you, Mama.
A/n ps. This is about an 18-year old Amish girl who just lost her mother and is taking over the family. Just to clarify.
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