Árdís - 01.01.1958, Side 55

Ársrit Bandalags lúterskra kvenna
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Pictures From Memory
DEDICATED TO SIGRIDUR BJERRING
The first of many pictures en-
folded in loving memory is that
of her as a little girl, full of life
and fun with an exuberance of
energy and enthusiasm along with
an intellect and understanding far
beyond her years. We were play-
mates as she and her mother
lived with relatives in the next
home to that of my parents in the
vicinity of Gimli. Some years later,
a striking girl in her teens living
with her mother in rented quar-
ters in Winnipeg. The education
she yearned for was denied her
owing to the strenuous circumstances of her mother who was the
only one she could rely on and whose only possessions were her
precious daughter and a strong faith in God. These two worked for
their living each one seeking to lighten the other’s burden in a way
beautiful to behold.
Then comes the picture of her as a bride June 23rd 1909. radiant
and lovely; looking forward to a more sheltered future by the side
of the man she loved Sigtryggur O. Bjerring. . . .1 see the family as
they moved out of their first home on Maryland Street. There were
the four of them: the two who were one, their lovely little son Kari
Herbert and the mother who always shared their home.
There are innumberable pictures of her in the well known home
on Banning Street — that home which to so many was a haven and
a second home — where people came to convalesce for a longer or
shorter period — where one was always understood in joy or sorrow
— where people were entertained in such a royal manner with her