Proper Valentine

(1959 February 15)

Daddy has laid out for me a dear sweet nice little Valentine from [your mother-in-law]. It was what most normal people think of when the word "Valentine" is mentioned. It had flowers on it. There was lace, and a verse. There were no crude drawing of slobs. There were no old sayings misconstrued that some people do find so so funny. It was just a nice little Valentine and it said she liked us and I wish I hadn't been snowed in by the Blizzard (see Madison papers) and had sent her one.