Ruth Antrim didn’t feel well enough to open all of her birthday cards. She opened only a few of the dozens of envelopes spread out on her dining room table. “Happy Birthday, Ruth,” she read aloud from one card. “Make the most of your special day.” “You are an amazing woman!” stated another one. “May God bless you always and we pray for you,” read another. Antrim wiped her eyes in the silence of her Chesterton home as a clock on the wall ticked away the day. Some days must drag here, as if Father Time himself is holding back the minute hand. Other times, it’s as if Antrim’s entire life has flown by like the faintest flash of her smile. She was born on Nov. 27, 1915, the same year that the film “Birth of a Nation” premiered, Einstein’s theory of relativity was formulated, and Woodrow Wilson occupied the White House. Since then, several of her 98 birthdays have fallen on Thanksgiving Day, a double blessing just like this year’s. But this is the first year she has received birthday greetings from strangers who have never met her and who never will, thanks to some of you. Read how in my Thanksgiving Day column, below, and tune in to my Casual Fridays radio show today at noon on WLPR-FM, 89.1. Streaming at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/local-programs/casual-fridays/ with Karen Barloga Walker, and Eric Reithel. posttrib.chicagotribune/news/davich/31088128-452/davich-chesterton-womans-99th-birthday-shows-shes-a-card.html
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:29:09 +0000
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