Saturday, March 9, 2019
I will always consider Mary Vic as family. She and my Aunt Kitty Dean had profound influences on my life. I watched both of them teach, and they often took me on their BETA Club and other trips. I always felt that my own teaching reflect what I learned from them. My parents loved her, also, and drove over to see her as long as they were able. My own visits with Mary Vic these past years since the passing of my aunt and both of my parents were particularly meaningful to me. Our visit the year she before she went into the nursing home was memorable as we looked at her picture books, talked about all of the good times, and drove to have lunch at her favorite restaurant. My visits these past years while she was in the nursing home also meant very much to me even as they became more difficult with her decline because I always saw that spark that was the wonderful, vital woman I had always known. I will miss her.
