My Role Model

WHEN I WAS 10 WE MOVED I MET THE NEIGHBOR GIRL IRENE SHE HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR SHE WAS STRONG AND INDEPENDENT QUALITIES ID COME TO APPRECIATE WE ENTERTAINED EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS AND I LEARNED THE MOST ABOUT LIFE FROM HER.HER HOUSE ALWAYS SMELLED OF SMOKE FROM THE WOOD HEAT,OR IT WOULD SMELL OF FRESH BAKED GOODIES SHE OFTEN MADE FOR HER GUESTS.IRENE HAD LONG WHITE CASCADING HAIR SHE WOULD WIND UP INTO A BUN.IRENE WAS MY CHUM AND MENTOR SHE WAS 78 WHEN WE MOVED THERE.HER DEAR SPIRIT LIVED ON UNTIL 99 YEARS HAD PASSED __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!?