Hunting demons, discovering secrets, and dealing with the difficulties of always being the new kid fill the pages of Temple Mathews’ book, “The New Kid.”
She’s 103 years old and still going strong. Mildred Hersman, who looks impossibly young for her age, is fiery, delightful and full of history. Hersman currently lives at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, but spent the majority of her life at a residence along Northeast Lynden, an area she lovingly refers to as the Northwood Corner.
“She’ll tell you what’s on her mind,” Wendy Mejia, the environmental director at Life Care Center, said of Hersman. Mejia said she enjoys coming to work every day and her favorite part is hearing all the old stories.
During the 1920s Hersman went to school to become a nurse at the Virginia Mason Hospital. But after 18 months she left school to marry her high-school friend, Lewis Hersman. Two months later, he left for the Navy.
