Dorothy R. Cronin

What I admire about Dot: I admire her ability to learn throughout her life...to learn to use a computer in her early 80's.
I admire her independence and working at a time when it wasn't fashionable.

I admire her math and stock market abilities. I admire her mechanical abilities when fixing things. Like when we sat behind the hot water tank for two hours in the cottage to try to fix the pilot light. Or how she would rig up something to make an old broom work again.

I admire...

My mother gave me a spirit of independence
A spirit that helped me to last whole camp seasons away from home
A spirit that helped me live thousands of miles away
A spirit to give up on lost causes and find new ones
A spirit to follow my own convictions
My mother gave me a sense of trying the new
A sense to not staying within the box
A sense to let go when things aren’t right and try the alternate road
A sense to be whole when...