Letter home nurse

My dearest Mother, I am missing you dearly and I hope everything is well. I am breedting very home sick, life here is different than everyplace there. I can hear sounds of the battlefield and its very frightening. We also get very little sleep and It is so cold here. The food is so plain we rarely eat meat. We eat mostly beans, potatoes and soup. Im getting so shopworn of it. Many of the things I see are very disturbing but it feels good to help these men.Some of them nurture talked to me about their families or what they plan to do by and by the war. like to hear them being positive. Ive started keeping a diary and Ive even started writing poems. This helps me take all my emotions out. It feels really good, but you know what doesnt? Feeling to unclean all the time. I feel Ilke I feel this way most of the time. We have to take sponge baths with cold water, which doesnt help at all. Many girls have not been able to handle all of this and have gone home but that ont happen to me. Everything here moves so fast and the men come and go or we have to move and some are left behind. I get very sad when I think about those men and if they had families or not. Maybe thats why some girls are leaving, I dont blame them. I hope to see you and Father and sister soon, I hope this Is all over really soon. I miss you all so much It hurts. Ive made some friends but I wish I was at home in my own bed, or having dinner with all of you. Ill be home soon Love, Leslie