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My Darling Aubrey
Letters Home
My Love;
How I miss you. I know we agreed that I had to go, but being confined to a ship in the vastness of space is more lonely than I ever imagined. I look at your photos often. Your smile is brighter than the sun, and your eyes are more beautiful than any galaxy. I long to smell your hair in my embrace. My whole body aches for you.
The food onboard is as lifeless as the void outside the galley window. It is fuel. There is no pleasure in eating. I would kill for some of your home-made lasagna. Or a slice of blueberry pie. Oh, the treasures we take for granted on Earth.
The crew maintains a state of professionalism in an attempt to keep the darkness out. But I doubt I am the only one longing for home.
It kills me that your pregnancy kept you from being on the mission. And that I will miss the birth of our child. Still, I am excited to be a father.
The mission is going as planned. We should reach New Hope in six months. If the scans are correct, and it is habitable, shuttles should begin next year. I could see you and hold you in my arms in less than two years.
Together we can begin a new life on a new world. Hopefully, a world without the problems of Earth and Mars.
I have to go now. Captain Strickland doesn’t tolerate tardiness. I will write again soon.
Love you forever;
Jacob
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