from previous....

     .....how  long  did  she  know  him 

For thirty years, tgey were  quite  close to each  other  then,  she  used  to visit  him  at his  home  every day,   he also  used  to drop in sometimes  to greet her,  she would  cook for  him  when  he was ill,  she was like  a sister  to him

Children  were  playing  baseball  on the  road,, gearing them shout noisily  she got up to see  them from  the  porch,  scolding  them sge  shooed  them  away