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that we may all meet in the "old mans Home" - a permanent home, where heart meets heart - where Sorrow and sickness and parting never come O how thankful I ought to be (& I think I am) that I have such good children - all of them so good - How good & kind Isaac is about writing it is a great comfort to me - we had letters from him & Charles yesterday Charles talks of coming home we shall expect him in a month or six weeks - I feel very much afraid he will be sick in consequence of coming so late in the season Albina has worried so much about his coming home that he has concluded to come there is no doubt but that he wants to come enough but I believe he had thought it would be very much for his interest to stay till near Spring - I hope when Isaac comes you you & little Mayo come and stay a good long time I do long so to be more acquainted with the baby Mayo I dont know but he is getting to be too smart to be