Moira Sinclair<br/>6 Squire St<br/>Ballyclair Ireland<br/><br/><br/>Moira mo ghrá,<br/><br/>First of all, I would like to make sure you are not worrying over me! There is no draft, and there does not seem likely to be one. So unless I have some fool notion of joining the army I will not be fighting in Mesico.  So, you are free from worry. I will send a letter if things go that way, but they seem unlikely to.  There doesn't seem to be much happening there in any case.  That I think is why Mr. Taylor has the reputation that he does.  It is confusing, some people like him a great deal, while others call him names behind his back that I will not repeat here.<br/><br/>I actually thought it was interesting! Seeing the blue of the ocean far below, and the sky so close I could almost touch it! The people on the ship looked as ants.  The only time it made me scared was when I had to do it during the storm. I shall not mention it for worrying you.<br/><br/>It is not bad when it comes to outsiders, mostly just a grumble or two. Some people can be... Mean. Things are tense here, though I do not understand why, always on the verge of exploding, yet nothing happens. I fear I may have come to the wrong place.  It is an amazing place, the people are laid back, some might say to the point of being lazy, but it is hot here. Very hot, sometimes even in the winter. When it is not hot, it rains. Those days are the worst, as the street floods and no one can go outside!<br/><br/>I'm sorry we missed celebrating the holydays, especially with things the way they are there. I worry about the people who can't leave! It saddens me to hear of neighbors reduced to such poverty. I regret not being able to help more than you.  Maybe one day when I've earned enough here I can help all our neighbors.<br/><br/>I am glad that children can still be children in such times as these, when people are evicted from their homes, and we can't find enough to feed ourselves.  I hope Reilly learned to be more careful next time! Children will be children though I'm sure I will hear of more mischef soon.<br/><br/>Measles, famine sickness war, how long will it go on for? At least here all I have to deal with are the rude and uncooth.<br/><br/>I am also glad to see life can go on, even if it is hard! Weddings are so much happier events than evixions!  Send my congratulations if you can!<br/><br/>I go exploring, and that good Irishman I told you about earlier has given me an oppurtunity to see more of the surrounding country. I am to be a mailman of sorts helping unload the cargo when it reaches it's destination! So my mail might be from different addresses, but fear not I have not moved, it is simply where I could find time to write!<br/><br/>I've seen senators speak both on something called "manifest destiny" and breaking from the union. I do not know what to make of a country with so many differing and bewildering viewpoints! You can actually speak out against the government and not have bad things happen! This truly is a wonderus place.<br/><br/>If you wish I will explain that destiny thing later, but for now I must be off there is a nock at my door.<br/><br/><br/><br/>