Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Dec. 25, 1943

She has a blue Christmas without him; FDR assures Americans peace will prevail

Lowell worked a double shift, or as Thelma put it, “Lowell worked all night and all day, got home at 6:30. Poignantly, she wrote, “The loneliest day of my life to date.” She was surely missing family in Ohio, and with Lowell working, she must have felt desolate. However, she kept busy by baking pumpkin pies and listening to the radio.

With 1.7 million pe…