70 years of friendship. We met at 11, became firm friends, she and Ruth my bridesmaids. Family, loss, there for each other. school motto They can because they think they can - Jackie thought she could get a degree later in life, she did. Thought she could write, she did. I admired her. Retirement and long lunches at the NPG, stories of our children,our grandchildren. Sick husbands, support, understanding, ordinary lives but shared for 70 years. My dear friend Jackie.