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April 2021                                                                 April 2021                                                   PGA C.A.N.!, Page 3
      From The Editor:



      To Know Her Is To Love Her…



         When I wrote my Page                           local art stores. Barbara’s favorite medium was watercolors   a self-portrait by Frida Kahlo (tribute to Leon Trotsky, the
      3 column last month about                         and I have saved most of her work. I always praised   exiled Russian revolutionary, with whom she had an affair
      Mrs. G, I had no indication                       her talent and encouraged her to pursue her passion.   while he stayed with Frida and her husband, Diego Rivera)
      her daughter, my beloved                          Barbara also appreciated other artists’ works. We enjoyed   along with works from other talented women. It is curious
      Barbara, would leave this                         museums, art galleries and art shows. Every city we visited   that the building was originally a Masonic Temple, later a
      life to join her mother in                        included a trip to the local museums and shows.    movie house and then suffered a period of disrepair before
      heaven on March 6, 2021.                             Barbara and I loved to travel whether by automobile,   becoming the museum.
      I was blessed with 8 years,                       ship or airplane. I called Barbara my beautiful navigator      Barbara loved to dance and never missed an
      3 months and 3 days of                            since she loved maps and would always collect them from   opportunity to attend a fundraiser or other event in which
      love with Barbara. Our first                      her American Automobile Association membership. She   we could do so. Barbara joined Le Club Intercontinental
      date was at the restaurant,                       would have the maps in her lap in the car and use a yellow   since it is a great opportunity to make friendships with
      Pistache, on Clematis Street                      highlighter to plan the route. She experienced true joy in   people from all over the word while enjoying dinner and
      in West Palm Beach and, ironically, the last meal we shared   providing instructions to me on our journeys knowing   dancing. Many of our dear friends were introduced to
      at a restaurant was at Pistache on February 26, 2021.  which turns and highway exits to anticipate.   Barbara and me from Le Club.
         We both knew from the moment we met that we were      Many  of  Barbara’s  days  were  filled  with  cultural      Barbara had an incredible desire to constantly learn.
      destined to be with each other. The first time we saw each   activities. She was a member and benefactor of the Society   She subscribed to 5 daily newspapers and would use her
      other, we experienced Deja vu. Barbara was infatuated in   of Four Arts, the Norton Museum, Flagler Museum,   favorite yellow highlighter when she cut out articles of
      high school with a tall Italian boy. She made the mistake   Kravis Center, Palm Beach Yacht Club, The Palm Beach   interest for me, her daughters and granddaughters. We
      of telling her mother that he wanted to be a doctor. Her   Roundtable, International Society of Palm Beach, Palm   would only watch documentaries and nonfiction movies
      mother wanted Barbara to eventually marry a boy who   Beach Civic Association, Preservation Foundation, Forum   as additional sources of knowledge. We attended many
      would work in the family business. There was no future   Club, Lynn University, The Wick Theater and more. Her   lectures on a variety of topics.
      for that relationship. (Everyone would laugh when Barbara   favorite charities were The Children’s  Home Society,      Speaking of family, Barbara was the beginning of 3
      told the story since most mothers would be happy for their   The National Alliance on Mental Health, Baptist Health   generations of women. Barbara was an only child. She had
      daughter to marry a doctor!!). My first childhood attraction   of South Florida, MD Anderson, The Lord’s Place, Navy   2 daughters and 3 granddaughters. It was the highlight of
      was Candace, a red-head with freckles. I am a tall Italian   League, YWCA of Palm Beach County. Most of our days   her day when Barbara would receive a phone call from
      and Barbara was a red head with freckles. It was kismet.  or nights were involving these organizations.  her family.  Her  face  would  light up  with  delight.  She
         Barbara often told me that she was 18 years old inside      For most of the 8 years we were together, we attended the   instilled the importance of education in them resulting
      despite her numerical birthdays. She was describing her   Washington DC National Opera Ball each year. It is a unique   in Bonnie obtaining her law degree and master’s in tax
      zest for life that continued throughout our time together.   event in which you dine at ambassadors’ residences in the   law, and Debbie, receiving a degree in engineering. Her
      Barbara was always active. Before I met her, Barbara was   DC area in conjunction with a black-tie gala. Eight to ten   granddaughter, Samantha, is attending Cornell Medical
      an avid tennis player and golfer. Her golf skills resulted in   persons dine with the ambassador from a foreign country.   College and will graduate with a Ph.D. in neuroscience.
      6 holes in one!! She continued playing golf 2 to 3 times   One of the most memorable was Lichtenstein Ambassador,   Another,  Leah,  received a bachelor’s  degree  in  retail
      per week. The sport we enjoyed was swimming laps   Claudia Fritsche. I mentioned to her we had visited the   marketing at the University of Arizona who focuses on
      in the pool 4 to 5 times per week. Barbara had a great   National Gallery and there were less than 10 female artists   online marketing with Sephora and Sylvia will graduate
      imagination and she would point out the formations of the   among thousands of the works of art. Ambassador Fritsche   from Fordham Law School in May.
      clouds in the sky such as dogs running, birds flying, fish   told us to visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts.      Barbara was a loving spirit. I called her the Lord’s
      swimming, etc. Barbara inspired me to outline a children’s   It was a wonderful introduction to a unique museum whose   cheerleader because she would encourage others to use
      book which would utilize another of her talents – art.  structure is also impressive. Many brides pose for photos   their talents to pursue their passion. Phil Spector wrote a
         After we met, Barbara enrolled in art classes at the   in the marble atrium. The contents of the museum were   song in 1958 which the Beatles later recorded. The title
      Armory Art Center and she took lessons at some of the   interesting with a sculpture by the actress, Sarah Bernhard,   describes Barbara perfectly and it is the sentiment of
                                                                                                           countless persons: “To Know Her Is To Love Her.”
                                                                                                                                          Until next month…
                                                                                                                                       James A. Cioffi, Editor
                                                                                                                                          james@jcclaw.com






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