Informal Letter A friend who lives in another country has invited you to come and stay with hi/her on your next holidays. You are too busy to accept the invitation.

Dearest Sara, I hope you are doing splendidly, it has been
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time since I heard from you. I am writing
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to thank you for the invitation but, I have some personal issues going on in my life so, it will not be possible to see you during
this
vacation time. I was overjoyed when I got
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from you but ,
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I realised that my mother is getting her eyes operated
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the same month when
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will get days off from work. Unfortunately, it will be a busy summer
this
year but I promise you that I will come to see you next year and we will make plans for the vacation next year. I hope you understand my situation. looking forward to
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back from you. Yours loving, Simran
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