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By LAURIE MARSHALL
Contributing Writer
As the seasons change, so do we all. “Winter is here, the windows are filled with frost.” My time as the van driver for the Area Agency on Aging is over, as I am embarking on a study program in the field of art for the next year. (I will still be based in the county). I want to share some episodes and appreciations to the Rappahannock community as part of my leaving.
During lunch one day, Mrs. Mattie Edwards of Amissville asks me what Mrs. Updike’s (of Washington, Va.) first name is. We’re sitting at adjoining tables and Mattie has been looking at Mrs. Updike intently. I’m unsure what her first name is, so I lean over and ask her.
Reunion
“Ada’s my name.”
“Why, Ada Updike! I used to play with you 50 years ago. We were neighbors. I’m Mattie Williams. I’ve been looking at you and I thought it was you.”
“Mattie! I haven’t seen you in such a long time...” and off they went talking about family, husbands, homes and those long ago, magical childhood years. 50 years it’s been. There may not be anything more precious than the knowledge of a person over a lifetime. Mattie and Ada were reunited after five decades because the county has a framework that fosters such irreplacable contact, and that’s the Nutrition Program.
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