Louisiana's newest friend in Louisiana writes her a letter after Louisiana has written to her.
Wednesday, the 20th of October, 2004, 10:30 a.m., C.S.T.~
Dear Louisiana:
Thank you for writing; it is good to hear from you! And thank you for telling me about your family; I just can't imagine having fifty kids! Five is more than enough for me and Kenny! LOL And most of them disabled--WOW! How DO you do it?? That is what I would like to know!
I was starting to wonder why I hadn't heard from you; but then I got an email from a Louisa Mason in California, and she told me that you have been busy at the Tennessee State Fair. What is it that you do at the fair? Do you work at the fair, or are you all entertainers or something? I hope you have been having fun at the fair! I would love to go to the fair myself here in Louisiana next month (it's held in Shreveport), but I don't know if we will be able to. Money is tight now, and the girls have been trying to come down with colds; they are coughing and sniffling, especially our youngest, Aurora. She has never been that strong, physically. I always worry when she gets sick because she is prone to frightening respiratory problems, and sometimes she has ended up in the hospital, gasping and fighting for every breath. We always get so scared whenever little Aurora gets sick because we fear that she is going to die!
Louisa Mason sounds like a nice person; have you met her? Have you met her friend, Kendra Williams? I heard from her too; and she seems nice, too. But 12 girls? WOW! That's about as bad as YOU with FIFTY kids! LOL I will write to both Louisa and Kendra when I get the time; but the girls keep Kenny and me so busy!
Please do send me a copy of your book, and also pictures of your family. I would love to see what y'all look like. I am just your average looking person with wild reddish hair and dark eyes, and I am pudgy while my hubby is tall and skinny as a fence post! LOL And I would love to read your book! (Do any other people in your family write, or do any of them have a book out?) If so, I would like to read those too; I am a regular bookworm; Christian-based non-fiction and autobiographies are my forte', as well as young adult (again, Christian-based) and even the classic children's books like "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri, the Beverly Cleary series about Ramona and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins, and the others, "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, and any books by Lois Lenski (but those are hard to come by). I also remember reading "Hugo and Josephine" by Maria Gripe, about two little Swedish children who become good friends. I loved that book, and I still do! What type of books do YOU like to read?
I was sorry to hear of the deaths of your three children, L'Acadia, Pierre', and Aron. How tragic! But I AM glad that they are now little Angels in Heaven, and that God has blessed you by giving you the children that you now have today! That is absolutely wonderful! God is so good, isn't He?? He has certainly blessed US by giving us the girls, and Kenny and myself have been blessed beyond measure! Like you, we have gotten to the point to where we just can't imagine our lives without Aurora, Heidi, Tiffany, Rachelle, or Gabriella!
How is the weather there in Tennessee? Here it has been rainy as of late, and our yard is slowly (but surely) turning into a bayou. We have more than enough bayous here in Louisiana, we don't need one in our YARD! LOL
Well, I have to run; I have things to do. I will write more later; until then, take care, and thanks for writing! It was nice to hear from you! Sorry about the delay; I will try to write more later or answer your next letter sooner than I did this one! God bless you all, and take care of yourselves!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your new (Cajun) friend in Louisiana, Rosie Bergeceay. :)
P.S.: Here's a pic of Aurora that we took when she was playing outside. Enjoy! Isn't she cute?
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.
Wednesday, the 20th of October, 2004, 10:30 a.m., C.S.T.~
