I started standing with The Women In Black in2007 and Belle welcomed me as an old friend. Considering her age, I asked if she had also protested the Viet Nam War and she assured me that she had, but passed it off saying "...but I was in San Francisco then and everyone did." In the past year, Belle would stand with us when she could altho her doctor warned her to only stand for a half-hour. She would watch the time carefully and after the 1/2 hour, she would gather her things, stand in front of us, beaming, and tell us how proud she was of us and how she loved each one of us. We will miss her and that grand smile!
My MemoryThe Women In Black
Linda Abbott-Roe Apr 17, 2009