Dear Kimmy What a lovely surprise to hear from you ! It
was so kind of you to think of me when you knew about the job
that would soon be ___1___
in your company. Thanks for writing to tell me about it and for
speaking to your boss about it. I ___2___
appreciate your thoughtfulness.
However, I'm afraid that there's no way that I could take ___3___
this job. You see, my main consideration will always have to be
for my mother. She is old and ___4___
and needs someone to look after her. No doubt we have relatives
but ___5___ not the same.
And she will find it very difficult to move with me into a tiny
flat in New Jersey. Here, she has all her old friends to talk
to. She tells me to leave her behind, but ___6___
you do it if you were me ?
I know that I have often told you of my ___7___
with my present job. However, the condition are tolerable and
the pay is adequate to keep us living quite comfortably. |