bright & warm, if it were this warm I wish you were here now, but as you say I suppose you will have to wait your turn & I do hope it will come soon; I hardly know what to do about engaging a school, if I knew to a certainty when you were coming, I don't want to be in school when you come & if you don't come before the first of May I might teach a month I will see tomorrow what I can do, I don't know whether I can get a certificate or not, do you think I can?  I guess I will study some & brighten up a little.  Mr. Bird preached Charlie Hepburn funeral sermon today, the house was crowded every one seemed to be very much affected, poor Mrs. Hepburn, how sad & heart broken she looks, I could not help thinking & wondering if I should ever  have to attend the funeral sermon of my soldier husband, O! I don't think I could live through it, I pray God every day that your life & health may be precious in His sight, & yet sometimes I feel so unworthy when I utter that prayer, & often doubt my acceptance.  O my dear remember me in your prayers
