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Anna D.W. Aug 5'56 Elyria Aug. 5th /56 Dear Sister Mollie We have watched much for letters lately & have heard very little. Your kind letter came last evening thank you very much for writing. I have feared & hoped all along since I got home, but feared the most Oh! how can we spare dear Lucy! It seems as if I could not have it so. I desire not to be rebellious or [unclear] at the will of my heavenly Father He doeth all things well but Lucy the darling of us all always ministering so much happiness to us all so much needed to her dear ones, it is hard to let her go . How easy it is for us to appropriate our blessings to ourselves so as to forget that 'we are not our own' that all we have should be held in trust, & yielded up unreservedly as our Father in infinite wisdom sees best. I was

[up side] We are all well. The doctor feels very much with me & Hattie too [across top] much love from us all I wrote to Mother & a long letter to dear Lucy about a week since & have just sent a letter from Miss W. to Mother with some caps for Lucy do as you think best about [unclear] to Mother