She is sitting in her room, silent.
The blue color of her outfit inspires calm, like that of her eyes that have not seen for a long time.
His fragile body has survived the century.
Far from being a painful burden, it appears rather as the light casket of this joy from which she radiates.
What is someone's presence?
To his conscience?
His way of responding?
When he awakens to contact with others?
The existence of Sister André, which has lasted for 118 years, began in pain.
Born Lucile Randon in 1904, in Alès (Gard), in a Protestant family, she lost her twin sister at 18 months
"because the nanny did not know how to take care of her",
she says.
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From the Belle Époque to the present day: the very long life of Sister André, new dean of humanity
Now, installed in her nursing home in Toulon where she entered thirteen years ago, she remembers:
“I had a mother who treated me very harshly and, fortunately, I had a big brother who loved me very much.
His name was André and his affection allowed me to overcome the lack.
This one, who will be wounded in the war of…
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