Edith Bolling Wilson to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Edith Bolling Wilson to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961
Identifier
WWP14911
Date
1915 September 26
Source
Edith Bolling Wilson Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia
Language
English
Text
Sunday
8 30 a.m.
My Precious One -
I have just gotten up after a restful, undisturbed night - and have come straight to my desk to talk to you and tell you how happy I was with you last night - and that the pain that had eaten so deep because of the “Earthquake” has gone - and that I feel steady again with my feet once more on firm ground. What a week of emotions this has been since you came to me here with your dear heart on fire with perplexities — and then, how the sky gradually cleared - and we foun
I am trying to get rid of all the interogation points that so distress you. And with your dear arms around me they slip back into the shadows - and some time they will be driven back so far they will never find their way out again - and I will be safe with you.
Don't feel hurt or disturbed because I was nervous last night - I love you and I am trying every day to be as straight and steadfast and fine as you believe me - and if I fail I know your love will never fail to understand -I hope you are well and happy this brilliant morning my precious One - and that you will feel my love for you all through the day - for it is there, warm, and pulsing - and I am longing to come and tell you instead of writing it.
Always your own,
Edith
8 30 a.m.
My Precious One -
I have just gotten up after a restful, undisturbed night - and have come straight to my desk to talk to you and tell you how happy I was with you last night - and that the pain that had eaten so deep because of the “Earthquake” has gone - and that I feel steady again with my feet once more on firm ground. What a week of emotions this has been since you came to me here with your dear heart on fire with perplexities — and then, how the sky gradually cleared - and we foun
I am trying to get rid of all the interogation points that so distress you. And with your dear arms around me they slip back into the shadows - and some time they will be driven back so far they will never find their way out again - and I will be safe with you.
Don't feel hurt or disturbed because I was nervous last night - I love you and I am trying every day to be as straight and steadfast and fine as you believe me - and if I fail I know your love will never fail to understand -I hope you are well and happy this brilliant morning my precious One - and that you will feel my love for you all through the day - for it is there, warm, and pulsing - and I am longing to come and tell you instead of writing it.
Always your own,
Edith
Original Format
Letter
To
Always your own
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961, “Edith Bolling Wilson to Woodrow Wilson,” 1915 September 26, WWP14911, Edith Bolling Wilson Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.