Annie,
Every Monday for years, you came to work in the IYCW archives alongside Marie-Rose and Marie-Paule. With discretion and efficiency.
Every Monday, you would come in smiling, happy to continue helping the IYCW to which you dedicated so much of your life. With passion.
Every Monday, you would bring cookies and other treats to share with the entire Secretariat team at break time. With generosity.
Until Covid interrupted all those beautiful moments. With violence.
Until the day you had to fight cancer. With courage.
You have left us, and it is with a heavy heart that we are sending you this message. Thank you, Annie, for your precious help, your comforting presence, your contagious smile and your sincere friendship. Thank you for everything. From the bottom of our hearts.
(Editor's note: Annie was an activist with the Walloon YCW and then Vie Féminine. Alongside Marguerite Fiévez and other volunteers, she was one of the pillars of the team of archivists at the Walloon YCW and, later, at the International Secretariat of the IYCW).
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