Mesa Arizona
Feb. 26 1941

Dearest Dorothy

How much I have appreciated the Christmas card and the photos of the three lovely children. I hope you will pardon me for neglecting to write to you and thank you for remembering me I have felt like I wasn't worth remembering. Your mother sent me one of your letters you had written to her in Heber it was very interesting to me you seem to be a very busy woman I think you must have a wonderful good man to help you couldn't do wo many things and care for your little flock too. Cleona is like you a good helper in the Joseph City ward but our children are our most precious jewels the more we have the richer we are. I am not willing to raise boys for cannon fodder I have furnished one but not any more, I am not looking for war in this country should it come to us I have grand children but I am not willing for any of them to go. I may not be very loyal to my country. I am not converted to wars Hitler may think he is an angel, I think headquarters is in Germany for the devil I can't help but ^wish that Ellsworth could get a school down here in Arizona they pay more here and then I could see more of you. I thot this winter in Price I wouldn't be here very long myself I cannot brag much myself yet but I am gaining some I am not loafing quite as much as I did your mother done a good part by me in Snowflake which I have appreciated very much, we have been rained on so much down here that it is getting tiresome today it is try to quite. I hope it will, the citris show is on this week they are having a great time some of the men is growing beards they all expect the prize. if I was to be judge not any of them would get it that I have seen the fruit is nice and cheap too. I would like to send you a sackfull but they may hold it up on the line.

We have all kinds of flowers here so it isn't very cold I have geraniums blooming all winter growing out doors on the north side of the houses, I hope you young folks can keep well when you are well you can work I would love to run in and see you all

Love to all Grandmother Smith

[side note]

I have felt so proud over the way you made the letters on the envelope I put it where it could be seen & callers pick it up and ask who done that my granddaughter and too I could show & show the great grands.