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The Child Enthroned, circa 1894
Draft 1
Dear Sophie,
I thought you would like this card. The young girl reminds me of you! Imperial and serene — in full command of her armies!
So — I tried to reach you by telephone today, but the operator told me they had nothing in Emigrant called Big Sky Guest Ranch!
I am in RI until Thursday then heading back to the Island. I have an appointment with Elizabeth on Friday.
Things are pretty sane around here especially with. . .
The writing ends there. I ripped the card in two for unknown reasons and only kept the front half with the picture on it.
It is from my mother, dated 07/18/1994, seemingly writing to me during my summer in Montana at Mountain Sky Ranch in Emigrant.
But I recollect that in the summer of 1994, I moved to Portland Maine to finish college, though now, in doing a quick Google search, I realize my timeline is off. It was in the summer of 1995 that I moved to Maine.
I have a vague recall of talking with my mother about the card and me asking if the girl in the photo really reminded her of me. I was taken aback that she seemed to have a romanticism toward me and would even consider me as pretty as the girl on the card.
