Long Ago*
When her great-grandson,
under her summer care, heard
"I'm ready to die"
he panicked, seeking
those important phone numbers
to call just in case!
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*Elsie did in-fact live to be 101, She was born in 1896 and in November 1918, when she was just 22, her young husband Lawrence, 25 at the time, never awoke when the two were lying beside the other in bed. He had died during the night of the 1918-1920 Flu Pandemic called the "Great Influenza Epidemic" or commonly called by the misnomer "Spanish Flu". She obviously recovered and fought "the good fight" through many challenges raising 3 sons by Lawrence in the process and was proud to see and nurture many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
