Heaven exists. How do I know this? Simple, there is no other place my grandmother can possibly be.
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| Wedding day, 1931 |
Born in 1911 in Brooklyn, NY to Polish immigrant parents, she grew up in a typical immigrants' turn of the century apartment building with cold running water and outhouses in the backyard. An often absent father meant she spent much time caring for her two younger brothers and working from an early age to to help provide for her family.
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| With first grandchild, 1964 |
Despite not having much more than a sixth grade education, she worked continuously from her early teens until her retirement at age 65, finding work during the Depression as a switchboard operator - a career where she transitioned from working for the phone company to manning the switchboard for some of New York's biggest steamship companies.
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| 90th Birthday, 2001 |
Happy 100th birthday, Grandma. I hope to see you again someday.
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