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Helen is as hard as nails. She was the the only one to not cry over the other HM's letters. I thought it would have been nice though for her to get a letter from her son...I really really wanted to hear that, so it was disappointing. I wonder how she felt that it wasn't from her boy?
I was a bit astounded when her friend said her son was on a diet and would be glad to get cheeseburgers when Helen returned home. It made me think of an overweight kid whose Mum fed him junk food instead of cooking a decent meal for him. Why would the friend say that - it seemed like a dig to me.