COOLEY, Andrew Wood: A pioneer devoted to family
Brother Brigham
December 25, 1885. I wish I could have had the privilege of spending Christmas with you at home, but it is our lot to spend it apart. I hope you have spent it in a different way from what I have. We had a good dinner. The warden did the best he could to make the prisoners happy, but when a man’s liberty is gone, he can’t be happy when he has a family at home. I have thought of home the whole day long and so I do every day. I shall never be a happy man if I cannot enjoy the society of those that are my own flesh and blood which my family is. Things look dark to me, but I must hope for the best. God is at the helm
