Ralph Winter’s oldest daughter, Beth, wrote this letter to her paternal grandparents when she was 11 years old. She describes the loss of her dog and her grief over it, and then mentions the addition of a cat to the family and the decision about another dog joining them. She closes with a story about her youngest sister’s eating habits at the age of 5! These sisters and their parents lived in western Guatemala at this time and their grandparents in South Pasadena, California in the United States.