When life was simple and worries were few.

Bunny shared so many stories about her life with me.  The years growing up in DC with all the depression hardships, Olympic trials in swimming for a finalist position, equestrian awards, beauty pageants, of being a social butterfly in the ballrooms of Washington DC and New York City (she was even one of the glamor girls who sat in those huge champaigne glasses). The sailers, soldiers, officers and a millionaire or two she knew as friends and loves. She even dated movie star Tyrone Powers for a time.  She got married a few times too (for the sake of love, I am sure) but  I think her need for freedom was much too strong for such things.

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She loved most of all the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia where she was born. We scattered her ashes there when she passed on...she would have liked and wanted that,  but would have insisted we not fuss over her. When she became ill several years before she died, at 74, and could no longer be the independant woman she had always been, she began to live in her memories.  Pulling out old newspaper writeups about herself  and the photographs on these pages. Going back in time, to the years  when she was beautiful, sexy, vital, full of life and able to do most anything she wanted, was painful but necessary for her, I think...to validate her life.  I miss her very, very much.  Bunny was truly a magical person. These pages are a tribute to her spirit!