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My Aunt.
Roberta Smith, Auntie Bobbie, Sister Marie Barot, in Bensalem, PA, at age 90.
She became interested in Catholicism when she visited a Catholic friend around age 10. When she fell in love and a wedding was being planned, she insisted on it being Catholic. Her groom refused, so she joined a convent. He came to her and apologized, saying he would be happy with any kind of wedding, but she said it was too late.
She spent the rest of her life helping those most people do not even notice, or try to avoid.
She was not sheltered. She had a better perspective and world view than most people I know.
She was one of the good guys.
The last few years she watched over me from afar. She always knew when I needed a phone call. She always knew what situation I was dealing with. She helped me through all of them.
A half-hour before the tornado hit our dock, with me on it, on March 11, she called to warn me from 1200 miles away.
So, now the four Smith sisters from the big white house on Pierce Ave. in Council Bluffs, Iowa are all gone.
Roberta Smith, Auntie Bobbie, Sister Marie Barot, in Bensalem, PA, at age 90.
She became interested in Catholicism when she visited a Catholic friend around age 10. When she fell in love and a wedding was being planned, she insisted on it being Catholic. Her groom refused, so she joined a convent. He came to her and apologized, saying he would be happy with any kind of wedding, but she said it was too late.
She spent the rest of her life helping those most people do not even notice, or try to avoid.
She was not sheltered. She had a better perspective and world view than most people I know.
She was one of the good guys.
The last few years she watched over me from afar. She always knew when I needed a phone call. She always knew what situation I was dealing with. She helped me through all of them.
A half-hour before the tornado hit our dock, with me on it, on March 11, she called to warn me from 1200 miles away.
So, now the four Smith sisters from the big white house on Pierce Ave. in Council Bluffs, Iowa are all gone.
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