This letter may seem a little�well odd, but I do mean it.
How�ve ya been kiddo? I know I shouldn�t really call you kiddo, I mean you�re getting married soon. I really can�t believe it, our little Radar. But I am happy for you. I actually had the privilege to work with your fianc�e � she�s a wonderful nurse. Tell her I said Hi. I read what you wrote to Colonel Potter � well obviously because I know you�re getting married � and I�m sorry about the farm. I remember all the times you would talk about it, and I would act like I wasn�t interested. Well that�s not the truth. I was jealous of what you had. The way you and Hawkeye would talk about your hometowns made me a little upset and jealous because I didn�t have a hometown to go home to. I really hope that you and Patti can continue with it. It sounds like a really great place to live, but I am glad to hear that Park Sung has helped it.
Radar I really want to apologise for everything I have ever done or said to you. I never honestly wanted to make you feel inferior. I was quite horrible then and I am truly sorry for it. I still mean what I said to you the day you left � you�re okay kid, you are more than that. If only I was 10 years younger�but you�re getting married and I�m�well I am. Klinger already probably told you that Hawkeye and I have been going out for months now. What he didn�t tell you (or what we hope he didn�t) was that Hawkeye and I recently got married.
I hope you can read on from just fainting after our news (HA HA). To say recently would be an understatement. We only just got back from honeymooning 3 days ago.
Ben is a wonderful person and husband and I couldn�t want anything more. He�s 100 times the person Penobscott ever will be. He is my complete opposite � except for the fact that we love one another � so naturally he�s perfect. Better than perfect � also quite wealthy. I didn�t know this until last December � he gave me an engraved bracelet for Christmas and the truth spilt out � he�s as well off as Charles. The good thing is - he doesn�t flaunt it. Not that I would care if he were as poor as the orphans here � I would love him just the same.
Oh and one other little piece of news � I�m pregnant! For real this time and you�re rabbits were never harmed. Ben and I are so excited. He�s already discussing colours for the nursery and names and schools and colleges and where to live. I just hope that this damn war would end soon so we can go home together. Home in Crabapple Cove. I�m so excited � my own home! You�ve got to visit us some time too. You can probably guess this now � but I�m leaving the army - After 11 years and 2 promotions. As it was said almost 2 years ago � I�ll be trading in my boots for booties � forever! For the first time in my life Radar, I�m happy. I now know that I can be loved by someone. I have a home, a loving husband and soon a child. And I can still work � Portland General�s only half an hour�s drive from home! I can�t wait to get back so I can start my life � civilian life. No more kaki clothes, no more moving at every breathe, no more regulations, NO MORE ARMY LIFE! Just think Radar�in a few months you and Patti will be in the same position.
I�ve only been married for 3 weeks, but it�s the best feeling to know that you�re one half of something magical, that you�re other half loves you with all their heart and that someday the two halves will come together and make a whole.
Well, it�s getting late, and Hawkeye will start telling me off about staying up past 8. I don�t mind it though; it�s nice to not be the one in charge. Although I do think 8 is a little early � we�ll compromise.
Well I guess I�ll see you soon�Walter � It�s gonna take a while to get used to that.
Oh and it�s now Margaret Pierce not Major Houlihan anymore.
See ya round kiddo!
Love
Mrs Margaret Pierce
(God I love that!)
