MISHKIN
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A sampling of Mishkin
cards. COURTESY OF
BARBARA MISHKIN
“Barbara has a big heart,” Organt said. “She’s so welcoming.”
Mishkin is writing a book these days and, whether she’s 75 or
not, the only thing that worries her is that she won’t have enough
years left to do everything that she wants to do. That 2020
put a pause on her ability to have volunteers in her home can
feel constraining.

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“But I feel God is always with me,” she said, “and how He
started me with this project — I know it sounds crazy, but I never
felt that before.” l
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“I knew, as soon as I started, that this was for me, that I had
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