Hey folks, I’m a Polish American living in Philadelphia. I’ve just received a letter from my cousin overseas living in Poland, and I need some assistance with the translation. If anyone is able to help, that would be greatly appreciated; thank you!

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  1. my dearest cousin dorota.

    My heart is full of sisters love for you, because you really remember about me.

    I beat in my heart and it always remebers about you/

    I know, that across the ocean I have the greatest cousin.

    God bless you for that.

    I admire you, you are so full of psychical energy and mental energy, i hope your health will serve you long years.

    You are a good person.

    I am happy, that your friends and family are near you and for sure, you don’t feel lonely.

    I hope it will be long years, my dear.

    If we talk about me, my life goes the way, that for long years I live alone.

    My robert live in USA, he got daughter Caroline, and Izabela, the older one, she live in London.

    She invited me to her at the start of her living ther, but now she is rarely talk with me.

    Did she forget (about me)?

    Karolina is calling to me and she remember.

    Son and his wife also call sometimes to me.

    I don’t feel abandoned by god and people.

    My health is good, legs (???), and I also can take care of myself.

    I don’t know, how much longer, i hope the longest!.

    I don’t want to Robert has a problem with me.

    What God will allow.

    Everyday i am going to family house about 4 kilometers.

    I am walking, no sitting in the bus.

    I have a little garden with flower and flower beds.

    I am going to the university for older people, to the cinema and for a walk, i like also to read books and newspapers.

    Time goes by my cousin!

    Sometimes I feel sad but i’m trying to fight – my sister Basia passed away, she got

    bone marrow cancer for a few months.

    Basia’s husband was good for her, he is suffering/grieving now.

    ???? – you know, ?? passed away long time ago, both of them lived in the families, and me, alone for the years and God still don’t want me.

    It is fate’s irony.

    I suffer because they are gone and I’m lonely, but what can I do.

    I need to live, I have son and 2 granddaughters, but they live far away from me.

    Don’t get ill!!!!!!

    My friends(teachers), the closest ones are also gone.

    It is sad, but I’m not gonna kill myself.

    I enjoy the sun, the nature, the sky, life goes on.

    Sometimes better, sometimes worse.

    I look good(I hear that a lot also), i dont feel and look bad yet.

    I am waiting eagerly for Robert, he sweetens my life, without him, I would be long gone.

    Dearest Dorota.

    I love you so much, you are also a brave girl!

    Let’s stick together!

    I love you so much and I wish you more longer years!!!

    Let’s stick together if God want that.

    I hug you to my heart.

    ???

  4. I do not mean no disrespect, but this is like reading classical literature, from first sentence you can feel that nobody <70 years old could have wrote this letter.

  5. Very sweet letter, my sugestiom is to write something back.

  6. The letter basically says that loneliness sucks 🙁

    …and if it’s genuine, I can’t imagine how can one share their private letters with randoms over the Internet, especially not knowing what’s written there.

  7. What a lovely letter 🙂 you are lucky you got that cousin

  8. Call uself POLISH American and cannot speak Polish. Rotfl

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