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sbug232 October 17, 2007 Ruby Group //My Letter To Sam// My Darling Sam, Hey baby! I miss you so much, and so does Tim. You know, Tim has been doing a lot of work around here, and I'm very proud of him for that, but I think Tim should really be focusing on his education right now. He's a very smart young man and he should not be trying to keep the tavern up and running. Now that you're father is gone, things are beginning to get even harder around here. I know that it's not the Patriot soldier's fault that they don't have money and can only pay in scrip, but giving our supplies to them without getting any actual money back for it is keeping us from being able to buy more of the supplies that we need. Sam, if you get killed in this war you will end up never coming home and your family is going to suffer. Unfortunately, we are being affected by the desicions that you make. I realize that you think you're fighting for what is right, and I agree that you should support what you believe in, but you could always come home and help out, and still be a Patriot. Just because you decide not to fight in the war doesn't mean you have to stop supporting or believing in what you think is right. As I said before Tim is really quite intelligant. I believe that he is as smart as you were when you were his age. He could become very successful you know. Sam, I'm sure that you know that you could have had a great future if you had stayed in college, but you didn't. So the least you could do is come home so your brother can get back into school to have the same chance to a great future that you had. It is only fair. I would let Tim go to school and I would do all of the work around the tavern if I could, but I just can't handle it on my own. I am merely a woman. I am struggling __with__ help. I can't imagine running this tavern on my own, but your brother needs to be in school. I'm sure that you see my delema. I really love you Sam and I truly miss you and need you with me at this time. You don't know how long the war is going to last and if you never come home from it, your brother will never have his fair chance to go to school and college and become successful. Sam, you left us without even a day or two's notice to prepare for you going into the war and for us to get ourselves emotionally stable for it, so you owe it to me and especially your brother to let him get the education he truly needs and deserves. Sam, your father is gone. It took me a while, but I have finally faced that fact, and I will no longer cry over the loss of him.