To
(Name)
(Address)
(Date)
My dear mother,
I am extremely thankful to you for sending me a gift of dress. It fits just right and I wore it the other day at a college function. You will be glad to know that everybody said how pretty it looked!
ADVERTISEMENTS:
I love it, mother. You were so sweet to send it all the way from Madras. How did you know that I wanted a dress like this? Life here is fine but I miss my home much. I almost forgot to tell you in my previous letter that my college is closing for ten days from ____________ (Date) and I shall just be dashing home. When I come, I will show you how I am faring in my studies. My companions in the hostel are very nice and all of us will be leaving for home during the vacations. How I wish you did not live so far away so I could see you more often. It is too bad you cannot accompany me to the college function as do the parents of local girls. But I simply cannot wish away the distance between Varanasi and Madras and have to bear it patiently.
Thanks again for the dress and for your good wishes. Love to ____________ (Brother Name) and ____________ (Brother Name), they must be missing me.
Yours affectionately,
(Your Name)