{"id":2325,"date":"2020-08-17T19:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lacomida.org\/dev\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2020-08-20T03:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T03:03:49","slug":"corinne-simonini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lacomida.org\/dev\/corinne-simonini\/","title":{"rendered":"Corinne Simonini"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was born in Gilroy and grew up there until I was 10. My childhood was relatively normal until I came in from playing outside one day and found my mother on the floor. She had passed away from a stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

That changed our lives. In those days, men didn\u2019t know what to do with babies; they just made them and lost interest after that. My father, who was a builder, wasn\u2019t capable of taking care of us and the Great Depression made it difficult to find work.<\/span><\/p>\n

My twin sister and I were passed between our siblings for a while until we were put in a Catholic boarding school when we were about 11. We lived there, attending day classes and taking care of the younger children we were each assigned. It was a life that we definitely did not enjoy. When my dad was having trouble paying the school tuition, they went by the barter system; my dad would do jobs for the convent in exchange for our education and board.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we were 14, our dad got us a room in Menlo Park and we started working at a creamery. We took care of ourselves from a young age and were often hungry, so we would steal candy bars from the creamery. I recently talked to the owner and asked if she knew about the stealing, and she said she did, but she also knew we were hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n

I met my husband in Menlo Park and we had a daughter together. I stayed with his mother while he was in Okinawa, Japan fighting in World War II, and we had a son when he got back.<\/span><\/p>\n

When my husband was hired as the Palo Alto fire chief, we had to move there. We built our own house and I stayed home taking care of the kids. Then, when my son started junior high, I went to work as a receptionist at Stanford University for 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

One day, when both my husband and I had retired, we decided to try out La Comida for lunch. After going back several times, we started volunteering there. I wanted to do more than stay home, and this opportunity was perfect. I helped out for more than 25 years until I was forced to stop due to my health. I loved two things: the work and the people. Those two things work together very well at La Comida.<\/span><\/p>\n

The communal dining room setup invited us to sit together and meet new people. We got to know each other through conversation during meals and activities. I grew close to the manager, Mary Ruth. We clicked instantly and became good friends. I recently turned 94 and she called me to wish me a happy birthday. Now that I have to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I get meals from La Comida every Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

In some respects, I think the pandemic is worse than the Great Depression or World War II. The pandemic restricts life so much. I get out for a walk regularly, but I don\u2019t go anywhere else. I\u2019m a very independent person and I resent the fact that I can\u2019t do everything I did before, but I guess that\u2019s just part of growing old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back on the past can be difficult. My husband came back from the war sick but he lived until he was 80, and my son died in 2014. I didn\u2019t ever get upset or unhappy about my life. There are a lot of good memories of my family and my twin sister \u2014\u00a0having a twin sister was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me. We were very close. So now here I am, the only one left of seven children.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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