Life goes on, and things change, but some things leave a hole in  your heart when they leave. Soon, it will be a year since O’Hearn’s Pharmacy was bought ought by Rite-Aid and closed. There is one independent pharmacy left in our county.

Bridget, whose family ran the pharmacy for more than half-a-century was part of the heart and soul of our town, she was always there for anyone who needed her. I will always remember the people lining up at her counter to ask for help and advice. They always got both.

Bridget held forth at this tall counter, now stripped of the medications and vitamins she sold there. I met her there to shoot her portrait for my upcoming portrait show – Cambridge People. It was wonderful to see her and talk to her, but it was also difficult for her, she loved her pharmacy and helping people.

A person of great faith,  helping people was not a burden for Bridget, but a joy. It was a joy for all of us to know she was there as well. She is happy in her new life, working part-time at a pharmacy in a nearby to, selling real estate, which she loves. Bridget is a people person, as long as there are people around, she will be finding things to for them and with them.

She loves matching people up with good homes, she says, and I am sure she is great at it. This was the sign that was outside of her store at the end, and I pulled it in to be in the photo of her in her old perch, where she dispensed medicine and advice.

Thank you, Bridget it was special for us too.