Tom’s Mother

Bernardine Anderson Yost

Tom as a toddler at the beach in Atlantic City, NJ

“You know, I hope, that you are in my thoughts and in my prayers each day. I know that you have found the secret of a happy heart and a spirit of joy in your daily life. It is a gift that I am sure has been hard won, but I am so glad that you are one of the blessed ones. . . There are many reasons to say thank you to you. I trust that you know that your Mup will always hold you in a warm and tender heart.”  

from a 2001 letter from Bernardine to Tom