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November 02, 2005
A Life Well Lived
One last comment on today's news...
The Chronicle today featured an obituary for Helen Francis Shapiro. I didn't know her at all, but the biography points out a few wonderful things:
She went to law school when she was 58 years old, finishing second in her class (behind her daughter). This was only because she had both hips replaced in her last semester.
She practiced law until her death at 94, and was widely recognized for her humanitarian and pro bono work (some of which, she admitted, was inadvertent)
She figured out how to live well with less: "When not working, the couple drove a gas-electric hybrid car to thirft stores and spent weekends combing garage sales for the Chinese ceramics they both loved."
What a great use of a life!
