So, due to the fact that next friday I will be going to Las Vegas for 7+ days for sightseeing, shopping, and watching a few shows (like Phantom of the Opera! Geez don't have a dirty mind!) I'm giving you some chapter this weekened seeing as I don't know if I will be able to give you any after next week.

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My Dear Boy,

I'm pleased to hear you've found steady work as well as that promotion you said you'd be getting after the cattle drive.

The money you've sent home has done us well, especially since your sister Virtue came back home. She divorced her latest husband after their last spat where she ended up shooting him in the shoulder. So, she moved in with all of her children, and I must say new eight bodies (almost nine, as Virtue's due in a few weeks) in the house makes us cramped for space and in need of groceries.

Mattie's still taking medicine for his lungs, the doctor fears he'll be a lunger for the rest of his days, and told your sister Joy and her husband to move to a dryer climate. They're looking to move halfway across the planet, down in Pascal. I fear they won't have an easy start there, it's hard to find work in such a place, all of the immigrants have taken the jobs.

Pa and I are doing fine. He's still working hard at the butcher shop, business has been good. I've taken to mothering my grandbabies and knitting some more. We miss you so, I pray that you come back home soon, it's been too long and I miss my boy so. I also hope you have a fine Yuletide, we'll be eating the calf Pa raised and feasting on your favorite cake. If I could, I'd mail you one, however I hope this gift enclosed will do.

Love,

Your Mother

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Jayne dug into the large box as he walked from Serenity to the cabin, sending straw everywhere. Upon getting a wave he had post from his ma, he had raced from his little cabin double time, prying away from his lovely company to get to his mother’s care package. His grin was wide as he pulled out a s