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Somewhere in France Thursday May 2/18
My dear Father.- Reg found me yesterday after riding about some 40 odd kilometres. You can imagine how I felt about the news that he had for me.
There is really not much good of me trying to express my feelings because as you know father there is no one in the family that ever loved each-
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other more than mother and I.
As it is God has called her to a better world and mother will be happy and I am sure I will never forget the things which she taught me.
Some fellows who left Canada have fallen down but the reason why I have not is because of the love of you and
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mother and the way in which you both brought me up.
I had been worrying a good deal about mother and you this spring and lately for some reason or other about mother.
As Reg says father we must not think about it and make the best of it. I know that if I do allow myself to think that it will go hard.
We will just carry on as mother would wish
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us to do.
We are both in the best of health and feeling O.K. I expect to see Reg again in a day or two as he was in a hurry to get back to his battery.
Well Father must write Sus and Helen a line so will close. Hope you are better now and making the best of our great loss. The very best love. your loving son Ted.
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Thursday Eve.
My dear Helen and Sus.
You girls know just about how I feel and cannot expect me to write much.
Don't know how you people at home are going to stand it but then you know that mother would want you to be happy and carry on.
I am sure that nobody else in this world had a