Michael Billings Collection - Wallet 6 - Part 7 of 14

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I shan't talk about your early journey to eternity as
a page on that faintly ghoulish strain is enough
for a letter intended to be cheerful. I don't blame
you in the least for mentioning the subject. You
have to face the chance when a crisis in your
life and I'd far sooner you revealed yourself 
about it than bottle it up. Taking all phases
of the subject, I'm convinced you've a very firm 
grip of the globe and your debut as a young
matron will be a case of plain sailing.
It's really up to you and aren't you preparing
yourself carefully and constantly to make it
so? Of course you are and with God's help
and his love for the little chaps, you'll
surmount it like a mother of a dozen.
Had leave yesterday and here is
my itinerary for the day... Canteen then two
jugs of beer. Pictures Les Miserables + The
Great Waltz- Swell show. Tea at Toc H, price 
9' - not bad-eh, - I organised it. Thence to YMCA
to see basket-ball game Ack-Acks v Yanks.
- Good game, home to bed.
Micky now signing off Sending Mummy
Kay a swag of love wrapped in a big kiss. Cheerio.
Micky.

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War Memorial

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1 AM
19 FEB
2  1943  2
POSTED 
PILLARS.

11-2-43
Mrs. M. Billings. 
548 Barker's Road,
East Hawthorn,
Victoria .

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19. 2. 43.
Darling Kay,  
Good morning, my dearest and I
trust you have risen from restful slumber bright
and refreshed to greet a sunny, cool day,
the sort I know new mothers to be find so
conducive to contentment & comfort during the
long anxious months. Or have you been played
a scurvy trick while asleep and have to
counter the vagaries of the weather as well as
maintain Kay & Co. in a fit and serviceable
condition. Your comprehensive epistle of 16th Feb
blew in and thanks for such an embracing 
account of your doings, particularly so that
health report which I look for straight off. It's
been a great comfort and relief that everyone of
your letters since I came back has given you
a clean bill of health except for the incidental
spasms of depression, nausea that are part and
parcel of your noble deed. Summed up, I
reckon you're a pretty tough puss and youre
debut as a mummy bids fair to be an
outstanding success. Ha, Ha, my pretty, your
gloomy prognostications of your early decline
into toothless senility won't hold water with

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your sceptical mate. I've always considered that
a woman reaches her pinnacle of beauty when
she becomes a mother for the first time and you
will see I'm not mistaken in your case. Your few
grey hairs are just chicken feed and it will be
many a year before that alluring tangle of curls
loses its charm if you care for it properly.  I
feel reminiscent when I read of you giving it a
wash as I loved to rumple the silky mass
just after you'd treated it to a shampoo. I
remember well how a scalp massage used to make
you purr. If you think yourself a bit on the
ancient side when I come back to rejoin you, I'll
bring back your supposedly lost youth, my proud
lady or else go down with the flag flying.
It will certainly be serious and a bad day
when you, can't hold your own and more and
I can foresee you spitting on your hands and
coming forth to do battle. God speed the day
as that type of war is very pleasant even
though I usually get soundly trounced. Did you
miss those beautiful nights together with the
exchange of endearments, thoughts and caresses,
when the noisy clamor of the world outside

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was stilled and we could really live within each other?
When I creep on to the bag of straw each night
thats when I feel lonely and want you terribly.
I wonder how you are and, at times, miserably
feel so sure you hunger for me as I do for you.
I hope the time draws nigh when this unnatural
strain shall end as we're missing so much, 
praise be, Richard ensures we have not missed
every thing.
Sorry, darling, I am guilty
of a doleful note in this letters. at least,
it will make you feel near to me and when
I can be articulate. I know you would like
to learn just what I mean to say. Like you,
I would not be flesh and blood if I didnt
miss my own woman so much and why then
try and even imply that I dont. In our
lives now, there's only you, Richard and me
and I realise it only too well when I'm away.
from you both.
Loving you so much, precious thing
that you are. I'll leave you for another day
now. So long, piddlekins. I send you the kiss
I would so much like to give you. Always yours
Micky 

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War Memorial

BRISBANE
Q'LAND
1 AM
2 20 FEB  2
1943
POSTED
PILLARS

Mrs. M. Billings
19. 2. 43
548 Barker's Road.
East Hawthorn.
Victoria

M.B.

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War Memorial