Anna And Rosie: 4 - Anna And Rosie
...Aunt Julie went and had a go at Pa again, saying he had no right to keep giving Moma babies, and that next time she might die...
Jean Day presents letters written by two sisters, whose parents had left Poland to seek a new life in America. Anna and Rosie were members of Jean's family.
July 1904
Dear Aunt Anna,
Moma has another new baby, but this one was a very hard birth for her. She was in labor for a very long time. The doctor had to give her the new anesthetic chloroform, and Eddie was a very small baby and Moma was sick for a long time after that.
Aunt Julie went and had a go at Pa again, saying he had no right to keep giving Moma babies, and that next time she might die.
He said back to her, “I think the good Lord knew what he was doing when he didn’t let you have any children.” So of course now she won’t talk to him at all.
I am so much enjoying having little Anna to play with, especially now that the new baby is another boy.
Love
Rosie
