Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Grace Hall Hemingway

My Dear Son Ernest I shall be seventy years old next Monday June 15th. The three score years and 10 that the Bible [ ?] us as a full life on this planet. It has been a very blessed and happy life full of beauty and joy and usefulness. Honored by many of the great souls, beloved by noble friends, I have had every thing I asked for in this life; love and joy loyalty success and understanding. Provision for my bodily needs from a

kind and generous older son, so that I could help provide for some of my children, and with all this the glorious feeling of independence then being able to earn a part of my living with my own abilities, so as to have the "where with all" to give to God's needy children. My prayers for you and all my 6 children never cease. Is there any thing more that I can do for you - before I go? I rejoice that you have such a peaceful quiet home in Cuba far from crowds and disturbance. As always Your Loving Mother G. H. H.