John Barry "Born Free"

Good evening my RP Brothers and Sisters!

Tonight for my Music Interlude I would like to dedicate a song to my Sister Beverly Harkins... The song is "Born Free",by John Barry and his Orchestra, from a movie she loved... Beverly is a free spirit, a spirit of God, who can do no wrong... held back only by her disabilities but not her love of people, life or animals... When a little girl, my brother and I would spend time with her in our bedroom trying to teach her words, her name, places, and more. I taught her how to ride a bicycle and tried to teach her so many things... some she grasped, some she did not.

Beverly lived with our Mom until Mom had a bad fall and began to have problems with memory loss... and it was down hill for Mom after that...Mom died in August 2006. However, In 2001, I found Beverly a new foster home with the help of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and she was with a wonderful couple who took great care of her for some 16 years until her new "Mom" passed on. and between my brother and I we found her a new home with four other ladies with disabilities and she has been there since 2016... She has a good friend there named Cindy, whom my sister likes very much...

Overall she has had a pretty good life. Always with family during major holidays and parties.

She is a great compassionate and loving woman... So I dedicate this song to her...