C Y N T H I A - M C V A Y

Rowan gets so embarrassed when I get goofy, silly and foolish. I was born in Puerto Rico, lived there for 12 years, 12 years in Pennsylvania, in England, and nearby here for a while before I moved into the community. I’m an artist, too. A piece of art? I don’t think I could find anything. I’d have to go to the attic to find a little painting and dust it off. I turn 60 in mid-July. The Bruderhof is in the Baptist tradition, but is anti-Baptist, founded by Eberhart Arnold in 1920. (He was a naughty boy!) The Bruderhof is about choice and making connections. Unlike other religions, it’s positive, though, not pulling away. You choose to be a part of it. You are not born into it. It has about 260 people here. Many young people have homes now in the city[Kingston]. They are trying that out. I think the most important thing I learned is how to forgive myself. That was freeing. If Rowan chooses something else? Well, I guess I don’t think you can force anyone to do anything.