Sweet Apple Acres, Equestria
Celestial Year 1067
My Dearest Granddaughter Applejack;
Thank you ever so much for sending yer family picture to us. Why Apple Bloom had more bounce in her than a rabbit in courtin’ season, when she found out she’d become an aunt. Yer three little foals are the spitten image of you and yer ma, and they’re the cutest little things too. Why I just had to hang that picture up on my fridge when it came. Nice to see ya face again, and that colt you’re with looks to be a fine young fellow too.
We’re somehow managing through with the farm. Past few years have been mighty rough with the crops dwindling like they been. A few trees stopped pushing out apples for us, and I think they’s a dying off. Don’t you fret though. We Apples have weathered far worse, and the zap apples are still going strong. But things are a piling up here, and well I know you don’t like to hear this, but we’re thinking of renting out parts of some fields. It’ll help pay some bills, and take some stress off the family. Now that don’t mean you need to send us even more than what ya have been. You’ve been helping quite a bit, and by Celestia, we ain’t gonna drive ya poor over there. You got yer own family to feed.
In o’ bit of happier news, looks like your brother Big Mac finally popped the question to his sweetheart Cheerilee. I always knew the big lug had it in him. He always was too quiet for his own good. Told him you’d be married off before he was; lookin’ like I was right too. They’ll be married off next summer, then who knows what’ll become of them lovebirds. Hoping maybe you and yer family can stop on over when they do get hitched. Sure would be nice to see all of ya.
Thanks again Applejack for all yer support. We here certainly do appreciate it. Hope work isn’t bustin’ ya up too much. You never did say what kind of job ya found. I’ll write ya again when we have a date set fer the wedding.
Your grandma,
Granny Smith