Esther Davis

Our very long time friend and my "honorary auntie" Esther Davis died the other day. She was 92 years old. Her end was pretty peaceful, considering all that she saw and lived through. 6 months after she was born, her father died of polio, and she was paralyzed from the waist down. Her doctor wouldn't operate for nearly 5 years, because he felt sure she would never live. She lived.

She lived through World War 1 and World War 2. She worked at Stanford for the Nobel Award-winning George Beadle. She supported her mother for years. She walked on crutches all her life, and never let that stand in the way of doing whatever she wanted. I wrote a little website for her a couple of years ago when she turned 90.

I'm sad she's gone, but I'm glad I knew her. Bon Voyage, Esther! Fly free.