“Halloween Birthday” Remembered
Today is Halloween, and also the birthday of one of my very good friends, Sister Mary Alvira! Sister is of the order, Sisters of Christian Charity, and was my 7th and 8th grade teacher , at German St,Vincent’s Orphan Home, and that was in 50’s. She had told me her first name was Veronica, when she was at St.Vincent’s, with her four sisters and a brother. Sister Alvira was the baby of the their family and loved, helped, and encouraged so much that she was a favorite friend of a lot of us “Orphans” that were destined, one day , to be in her classroom.
Time sure goes by in a hurry – have to put on my thinking cap – so glad you called me when you did, and wanted me to find our friend, Gail P., – and bring her out to see you, while finishing up your last “Tour of Duty at St.Vincent’s.” It was good for us to have that last and final time to remember and talk about a whole lot of nothing! You then went to the “Mother House” in Wilmette, IL – that was a nice long drive – and was again, with Sister Emeline and your other sisters who also became “Nuns.”
As one gets older, (that would be me) one finds most old memories are “Happy and Beautiful” of the “Good Old Days!” Give Sister Emeline a warm “Hug and Kiss” from me and all my family — we love you both!
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