Found this letter just in time for the holidays, and I can't decide which is more odd.  The fact that my mother isn't sure I'd know what the word, "Gelt" means, (after sending me to Hebrew school for 6 years), or the fact that she's not quite sure who SHE is.  By the way, Annette is my mother in law.  
I think.  
Oh, I don't know.
11/29/99
Adam-
Enclosed find a little Hanukkah gelt, which means money.  Use it to buy whatever. 
Spoke with Annette.  We're supposed to meet one day next week and go to a comedy club.
Love, Joan
Oops, Mom