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  Letter To Captain Catherine Janeway From Mark Johnson

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     13/02/1998 00:00:000 UTC

     To: Captain Catherine Janeway

     From: Mark Johnson

     Cathy! We were so glad when Starfleet told us that you were alive and
     well in

     the Delta Quadrant, and that we could write to you! You should be very
     proud:

     your dedication and professionalism through the past three years set a

     wonderful example to younger officers contemplating a life of service
     like your

     own!

     As for us, well, so much has happened since you left that I don't know
     where to

     start... First, Dakota is fine and gave birth to a baker's dozen of
     little

     (well, not so little any more!) darlings: we named the pick of the
     litter

     after you! (She's since had a litter of her own, I hear.) And speaking
     of

     which - Surprise! I'm a Daddy! I married Laurel exactly three months
     after

     your disappearance... I know it seems a little fast, but we were both in

     mourning over your apparent loss, and we helped each other carry on...
     It's

     still hard to believe that you're sisters, you're both so different
     (sometimes

     I feel like I'm robbing the cradle!!) Oh, that reminds me - Laurel made
     me

     promise not to forget to wish you a Happy Forty-Sixth Birthday!! I know
     that

     you will be delighted to know that you're now the proud aunt of a
     strapping

     little boy, Joey, and my beautiful baby daughter Sissy. My Laurel is so

     bountiful - both times, we barely had to try - and still as slim as the
     day you

     left! Dakota just adores the kids! When you come home (fingers crossed!)
     you

     can come over to play with all three of them any time you get shore
     leave!

     Have to close now, we're expected at Laurel's (yours too!) folks' house
     for the

     weekend (again! - yes, it's a big effort with two tiny children and a
     dog, but

     we can't deny Mom and Dad their only grandchildren at this precious
     age!) You

     should see what they've done with your old bedroom - it's now a
     wonderful

     second nursery for our little ones!

     Best Wishes and Much Love,

     - Mark (and Laurel) Johnson -

     p.s. - Laurel says "Happy Valentine's Day, Aunt Cathy!"