Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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K1tty s Angel A second grader flnds her Gl:RRY DENTINGER 14 ITTY was a cuddly youngster of seyen Her imprsh eyes of blue were eternally searching for something mischrevous Strawberry dyed curls smothered her head and picture framed her laughing face A severe attack of pneumonia when she was a baby left her as delicate and t1ny as a lone crocus on a chilly spring a You couldn t help but notice the little china doll figure as she lightly trrpped her way down the elm sh xded lane toward St Rrtas School She felt Oh so big now Moms had agreed to let her go to school alone today She was in the second grade now or would be 1n a few minutes as she qurckened her step and swung into the school yard with that fr sh first day of school feeling skip ping through her t1ny vems Once inside the huge granite structure Kitty met up with her last years classmates Together the t1ny comrades made their way to the room with the number two on rts door and trrumphantly made their entrance A few seconds later Sister Mary Grace principal of the school entered the class room and was greeted by a chorus of God bless you good morning Sister Children this is Sister Mary Cephas who will be your teacher this coming year Sister Grace nodded to a stately figure who had glided into the room and had just become visible to her wide eyed class She looks like an angel exclaimed Kitty in her sincere childish voice overshadowed by the sudden dm of remarks that were popping from the lrps of awed second graders as Sister Mary Cephas began the first day of school with I want to be your friend as well as your teacher And so began the second year of school It was to be a happy year Kitty thought Through her child s world flowed an unending stream of sun shlne and a pink mist of happiness cloaked the little gurl who had found her Gu rdnan Angel in the habit of her second grade teacher The Angel Cephas was Kitty s prryate name for her Her gen tle manner and smiling voice her understanding eyes and guiding hands were just what this frail little flovser crayed She and Kitty became close friends Kitty shared all her childrsh joys with her and sometimes put her little misfortunes on the Angel s knee to be patched up and vxaved into shape again Come what may she was alvy ays there to listen and understand and Kitty loycd her for It Those rmpxsh eyes were a little less blue the rosy glow rn those appled cheeks vs as a little pilcr and that laughing face was 1 dim smile forcing rts w iy through vu hen Kitty mustered enough strength to return to school in May after a month at home too frail to ward off the germ and had again fallen into its clutches Kitty was to make her First Holy Communion in May It took all the extra instructing Sister Cephas could give her to prepare the little soul for that precious day It came finally It was a deyout little whrte veiled crocus that took her place at the Communion rail that glorious morning Her head bent untrl her chin all but touched her pew as she made her humble thanksgiving All that day there was much evcrtement at Kit ty s house Her relatives had gathered to help her celebrate the coming of her Divine Guest It was mght now and Moms had ushered her up to bed She was frlghtfully tired but not too tired to kneel beside her child sized bed and say Good night to her Infant Savior Thank you Lord she began and after that came Im sorry Lord for all her baby faults Then came the act of Contrxtlon she had been taught in school three 47 fx, - , f. . . 4 ,- 3 ' V ' gl l A I - . . . 7 . 5 7 Y V A A d Y. . . . . . V . V I V 7 - 2 A . I ' . A - K ,i. ' V va 1 o ' l - Y 1 . G ,, ,, . . . - L t f . . . '5 ' I 7 . . ' . . i 4 . , ' with her old enemy, pneumonia. She had proved V . , . , 5 7 I 1 ' ' , l -H . ' I ' ' ' V , , . . , . . A ,, ,, I , ... y ' y .. . , ,

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