I got your letter today! I've waited so long for it. I was horrified by your living conditions and hygiene. How can you stand this filth and mud? I sympathize, even if it's not much help to you.
A month has passed since you wrote to us but we received your letter yesterday. I hope you are still alive and that you will have time to see this letter.
I read your letter last night to all the family, they were all devastated, horrified.
How much longer will this go on?
I know that you will fight because you are strong and the idea of your return makes me love you a little more every day. I can't imagine the hell I'd go through if you died. I tell myself that waiting for you is what keeps life going. I tell myself that I have to keep smiling despite my sadness because I love you and you know it. I send you all my support. With these few words written with love, I leave you.
Every time you get bored in the trenches, remember that I love you, remember that you have to stay awake waiting for the end and that you will get there and that we will meet again, maybe not right away, in a week, a month, who knows? And even if you don't survive, I know we'll meet up there.