The year was 1972..Oakland,CA.
Outside Capwells store:
There stood this very Regal 'looking woman waiting. I looked up and our eyes met..It was raining 🌧 and I commented about the weather..She answered and I immediately heard a Jamaican accent..I later learnt that she was waiting for her Husband Larry, who it appeared was running late: As it turned out we were both waiting for the men..( Funny they showed up about the same time as if they were hanging together)!!!
Our short conversation gave information that placed us having lunch breaks with each other..We became fast friends..
We were going here ,there and everywhere..
When JeanAnn later became pregnant with Lawren..she was placed on bed rest by her doctor and was not allowed to drive..Meanwhile, she was still studying:I would drive her to pickup her class work,from the Professor and drop the work off until Lawren was born..
Our last trip to Australia October,2018..is very memorable..she was determined to go at that time,I wanted to put it off..I acquiesce and we went and had a most enjoyable time: When she went on her travels with others, she would relate the trip. As she would say,she brought me up to date,we rang off ,until ....:
Yes, I am going to miss her laughter,her stillness,she was never noisy) her brilliance: I don't think she knew how powerful she really was but many who were fortunate to know her and be in her presence, knew it:
Dear JeanAnn, may you be comforted in God's loving arms forever and ever
All my love ❤️
Jean Boddie-Peets.
