![]() ![]() This left me as a 19-year-old widow and new mother who had to find her own way in life. My husband completed the ‘Thursday’ mission but died shortly after because of his airplane’s mechanical failure. He entered the military and became a fighter pilot in the 1 st Air Commando group under Colonel Cochran, with the mission of flying behind Japanese lines to supply and evacuate troops and materials as well as provide fire. I ran away from home to be with him and get married. He was such an amazing man-very handsome, very good to me, and talented. My life could have played out very differently if not for losing my first husband in World War II. My mother had a wonderful garden considering those times and her means. The water is where I wanted to be and I managed to sneak out often until my mother put up THE fence. My mother would come screaming down after me, drag me back, and tell me to stay in the garden. I’d get down there in the sand and there would be crabs and herons that would be fishing-so many wonderful things to see. As a young child of three, maybe four, I used to run away-down the trail, that certainly wasn’t made for children, as fast as I could go down to the water. It would probably surprise many of your readers to know that I used to consider myself a prisoner in my mother’s garden. Life-long learning and growing keeps one engaged. I have had a very full life and while much is owed to the length of my life, my longevity, likewise, probably benefited from having a full, diverse life. ![]() Can you tell me a little bit more about your very diverse life path? You’ve had a very full career and an even fuller life-first as a botanist, then a teacher, then a sailor, a general contractor, and then a rosarian and a writer. I am so thankful to have gotten a chance to know her and am so inspired by how fully and generously she lived her life. This interview took place in August of 2021, just months before Anne passed away at the age of 97. I’m thrilled to be able to share an interview with revered rosarian Anne Belovich (pictured below with her husband Max). ![]()
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