Monday, November 16, 1936

HELEN TAKES EDNA INTO HER CONFIDENCE

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Nice Day but cold.

Washed - Helen ironed this

P.M.

Helen took me into her

confidence and told me

that she is going to be

married this coming Friday.

Jen came this P.M. to

visit us a few days.

Sold to V.L. Watts

2 4/12 doz. eggs.

Paid for last wks.

2 4/12 doz @ 35¢ - .82¢

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Let's start with math.

Edna's math was not adding up to me. Thirty-five cents per egg does not equal eighty-two cents.

Sometimes I am uncertain of Edna's handwriting. Did she mean 25¢ or 2.5¢? The math just wasn't working.

I actually spent about thirty minutes trying to figure it out. Then... Ding! Ding! Ding! She meant 35¢ per dozen.

Math is not my forte.

Jen, Henry's sister, comes to visit. She was born in Bowne Center but moved to Traverse City with her husband.

But let's get to the elephant in the room. Helen took Edna (her mom) into her confidence.

She and Red are getting married on Friday.

Let's do some more math.

Dean Bryant was born to Helen and Red Bryant on August 24, 1937 (281 days later). Pregnant women are routinely assigned a delivery date of about 280 days after the onset of their last menstrual period.

Maybe Helen took her mother into her confidence because she was pregnant.

If so, I have fallen in love with my great grandmother more than ever. It is 1936. Nineteen thirty six! It is 1936 and Helen is able to share with her mother that she and Red are getting married in a few days.

Edna loves her family. She simply writes, "Helen took me into her confidence."