Lydia was the oldest of four daughters born to CDR James Henry Norwood, USN, then a warrant officer and his wife Lydia Alexandra Norwood, a classically trained ballerina, who were married at Tientsin, China in 1931. Lydia was born in the Philippines during the nearly ten years her father was a sailor with the Asiatic Fleet, serving in the Philippines and China. Both her parents were strong swimmers, and little Lydia spent many hours with family and friends in the surf at Chefoo, China, where Nora, the family German Shepherd, assisted Lydia's parents and grandmother, Lydia Alexandrovna Kabanoff, in their vigilant watch over the toddler.
Lydia and her family returned to the United States in the late 1930's when her father was assigned to duty on the USS Texas, home- ported on the Atlantic coast. Known to her family as "Lulie", her mother taught her the traditional and classical ballet positions when she was a little girl just starting ballet lessons. She studied ballet for many years and was always the "assistant" to the ballet teacher in any ballet class that her younger sister, Cathy, took with her. Whether in dance or academia, Lydia was always at a peer level with her instructors. She was a remarkable young woman and a talented writer when she passed away suddenly due to illness at 34 years, leaving behind her three heartbroken sisters, father and the man she planned to marry, along with a full life of dreams and promise.
A Song of Living
by Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968)
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky.
I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast.
My cheek like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have kissed young Love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end,
I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend.
I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well.
I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I give a share of my soul to the world, when and where my course is run.
I know that another shall finish the task I must leave undone.
I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod.
As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God,
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
Lydia and her family returned to the United States in the late 1930's when her father was assigned to duty on the USS Texas, home- ported on the Atlantic coast. Known to her family as "Lulie", her mother taught her the traditional and classical ballet positions when she was a little girl just starting ballet lessons. She studied ballet for many years and was always the "assistant" to the ballet teacher in any ballet class that her younger sister, Cathy, took with her. Whether in dance or academia, Lydia was always at a peer level with her instructors. She was a remarkable young woman and a talented writer when she passed away suddenly due to illness at 34 years, leaving behind her three heartbroken sisters, father and the man she planned to marry, along with a full life of dreams and promise.
A Song of Living
by Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968)
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky.
I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast.
My cheek like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have kissed young Love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end,
I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend.
I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well.
I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I give a share of my soul to the world, when and where my course is run.
I know that another shall finish the task I must leave undone.
I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod.
As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God,
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
Lydia was the oldest of four daughters born to CDR James Henry Norwood, USN, then a warrant officer and his wife Lydia Alexandra Norwood, a classically trained ballerina, who were married at Tientsin, China in 1931. Lydia was born in the Philippines during the nearly ten years her father was a sailor with the Asiatic Fleet, serving in the Philippines and China. Both her parents were strong swimmers, and little Lydia spent many hours with family and friends in the surf at Chefoo, China, where Nora, the family German Shepherd, assisted Lydia's parents and grandmother, Lydia Alexandrovna Kabanoff, in their vigilant watch over the toddler.
Lydia and her family returned to the United States in the late 1930's when her father was assigned to duty on the USS Texas, home- ported on the Atlantic coast. Known to her family as "Lulie", her mother taught her the traditional and classical ballet positions when she was a little girl just starting ballet lessons. She studied ballet for many years and was always the "assistant" to the ballet teacher in any ballet class that her younger sister, Cathy, took with her. Whether in dance or academia, Lydia was always at a peer level with her instructors. She was a remarkable young woman and a talented writer when she passed away suddenly due to illness at 34 years, leaving behind her three heartbroken sisters, father and the man she planned to marry, along with a full life of dreams and promise.
A Song of Living
by Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968)
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky.
I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast.
My cheek like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have kissed young Love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end,
I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend.
I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well.
I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I give a share of my soul to the world, when and where my course is run.
I know that another shall finish the task I must leave undone.
I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod.
As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God,
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
Lydia and her family returned to the United States in the late 1930's when her father was assigned to duty on the USS Texas, home- ported on the Atlantic coast. Known to her family as "Lulie", her mother taught her the traditional and classical ballet positions when she was a little girl just starting ballet lessons. She studied ballet for many years and was always the "assistant" to the ballet teacher in any ballet class that her younger sister, Cathy, took with her. Whether in dance or academia, Lydia was always at a peer level with her instructors. She was a remarkable young woman and a talented writer when she passed away suddenly due to illness at 34 years, leaving behind her three heartbroken sisters, father and the man she planned to marry, along with a full life of dreams and promise.
A Song of Living
by Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1968)
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky.
I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast.
My cheek like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I have kissed young Love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end,
I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend.
I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well.
I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell.
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
I give a share of my soul to the world, when and where my course is run.
I know that another shall finish the task I must leave undone.
I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod.
As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God,
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.
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