Jane E. Cunningham

September 14, 2012

I have chosen to update readers on Mirdza (left in the photo, me on the right). Mirdza is now 92 years old and lives in a nursing home in Connecticut near her sons and friends. She does participate in daily activities and is, over all, in good spirits. Now fifty-six years after our first meeting, Mirdza is still a woman in my life from whom I learn about life.

We are both very pleased that the Latvian community has embraced Mirdza's story. It has been my honor to have been a contributor to Latvian history and also to those readers who have learned how to live and survive better because Mirdza's story was told.

Kindly,

Jane,