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


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