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TothisdayIremembermymumsletters。ItallstartedinDecember1941。EverynightshesatatthebigtableinthekitchenandwrotetomybrotherJohnny,whohadbeendraftedthatsummer。WehadnotheardfromhimsincetheJaaneseattackedPearlHarbor。

IdidntunderstandwhymymumketwritingJohnnywhenheneverwroteback。

“Waitandsee-wellgetaletterfromhimoneday,”sheclaimed。MumsaidthattherewasadirectlinkfromthebraintothewrittenwordthatwasjustasstrongasthelightGodhasgrantedus。ShetrustedthatthislightwouldfindJohnny。

Idontknowifshesaidthattocalmherself,dadorallofusdown。ButIdoknowthatitheledussticktogether,andonedayaletterreallydidarrive。JohnnywasaliveonanislandinthePacific。

Ihadalwaysbeenamusedbythefactthatmumsignedherletters,“CeciliaCauzzi”,andIteasedheraboutthat。“Whydontyoujustwrite‘Mum?”Isaid。

IhadntbeenawarethatshealwaysthoughtofherselfasCeciliaCauzzi。NotasMum。Ibeganseeingherinanewlight,thissmalldelicatewoman,whoeveninhigh-heeledshoeswasbarelyoneandahalfmeterstall。

Sheneverworemake-uorjewelryexcetforaweddingringofgold。Herhairwasfine,sleekandblackandalwaysutuinaknotintheneck。Shewouldnthearofgettingahaircutoraerm。Hersmallsilver-rimmedince-nezonlylefthernosewhenshewenttobed。

Whenevermumhadfinishedaletter,shegaveittodadforhimtoostit。Thensheutthewaterontoboil,andwesatdownatthetableandtalkedaboutthegoodolddayswhenourItalian-Americanfamilyhadbeenafamilyoften:mum,dadandeightchildren。Fiveboysandthreegirls。Itishardtounderstandthattheyhadallmovedawayfromhometowork,enrollinthearmy,orgetmarried。Allexcetme。

Aroundnextsringmumhadgottwomoresonstowriteto。Everyeveningshewrotethreedifferentletterswhichshegavetomeanddadafterwardssowecouldaddourgreetings。

Littlebylittletherumouraboutmumsletterssread。Onedayasmallwomanknockedatourdoor。Hervoicetrembledassheasked:“Isittrueyouwriteletters?”

“Iwritetomysons。”

“Andyoucanreadtoo?”whiseredthewoman。

“Sure。”

Thewomanoenedherbagandulledoutaileofairmailletters。“Read……leasereadthemaloudtome。”

TheletterswerefromthewomanssonwhowasasoldierinEuroe,ared-hairedboywhomumrememberedhavingseensittingwithhisbrothersonthestairsinfrontofourhouse。MumreadthelettersonebyoneandtranslatedthemfromEnglishtoItalian。Thewomanseyeswelleduwithtears。“NowIhavetowritetohim,”shesaid。Buthowwasshegoingtodoit?

“Makesomecoffee,Octavia,”mumyelledtomeinthelivingroomwhileshetookthewomanwithherintothekitchenandseatedheratthetable。Shetookthefountainen,inkandairmailnoteaerandbegantowrite。Whenshehadfinished,shereadtheletteraloudtothewoman。

“HowdidyouknowthatwasexactlywhatIwantedtosay?”

“Ioftensitandlookatmyboysletters,justlikeyou,withoutaclueaboutwhattowrite。”

Afewdayslaterthewomanreturnedwithafriend,thenanotheroneandyetanotherone-theyallhadsonswhofoughtinthewar,andtheyallneededletters。Mumhadbecomethecorresondentinourartoftown。Sometimesshewouldwritelettersalldaylong。

Mumalwaysinsistedthateolesignedtheirownletters,andthesmallwomanwiththegreyhairaskedmumtoteachherhowtodoit。“Isomuchwanttobeabletowritemyownnamesothatmysoncanseeit。”Thenmumheldthewomanshandinhersandmovedherhandovertheaeragainandagainuntilshewasabletodoitwithoutherhel。

Afterthatday,whenmumhadwrittenaletterforthewoman,shesigneditherself,andherfacebrighteneduinasmile。

Onedayshecametous,andmuminstantlyknewwhathadhaened。Allhoehaddisaearedfromhereyes。Theystoodhandinhandforalongtimewithoutsayingaword。Thenmumsaid:“Webettergotochurch。Therearecertainthingsinlifesogreatthatwecannotcomrehendthem。”Whenmumcamebackhome,shecouldntgetthered-hairedboyoutofhermind。

Afterthewarwasover,mumutawaytheenandaer。“Finito,”shesaid。Butshewaswrong。ThewomenwhohadcometoherforhelinwritingtotheirsonsnowcametoherwithlettersfromtheirrelativesinItaly。TheyalsocametoaskherforherhelingettingAmericancitizenshi。

Ononeoccasionmumadmittedthatshehadalwayshadasecretdreamofwritinganovel。“Whydidntyou?”Iasked。

“Alleoleinthisworldareherewithonearticularurose,”shesaid。“Aarently,mineistowriteletters。”Shetriedtoexlainwhyitabsorbedherso。

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