While she cherishes the past, she doesn’t value it to the exclusion of the present. She loves her family, enjoys the quiet days and welcomes the future. Asked about the most extraordinary thing she’s witnessed in her long life, Dorothy disregards inventions, missions to the moon and standard salutes to progress. “I don’t know,” she says. “I always had a father who adored me, a husband who adored me, children who adore me, and six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. “I think I’m very lucky, don’t you?” She regrets nothing. “I think I did the best I could with my life,” she says, her expression softly defiant. “When I had to face death, I did. My favorite saying is, ‘You have to play the cards you’re dealt.’” Perhaps due to Dorothy’s professional intimacy with death, you won’t find her whistling in the dark over its inevitability. “It’s true, I do think about death very often now,” she says. “But then I realize I’ve done my bit on this earth, and when the time comes I’ll be ready.” The morning grows late. But for Dorothy, it’s still early — and filled with promise. Dorothy enoying a simcha.
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