WASHINGTON He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting - a blazing orange sun she drew a small in number years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of pervert in his pygmean K Street office and it gives him great happiness, and a stab of sorrow.

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He thinks of her every time he plucks a unused $5 bill from his wallet and sees the large purple digit emblazoned in the corner. It reminds him of how he used to sort her money: $1 bills in one envelope, fives and tens in others.

And of course he thought of her last month when a founded without interruption appeals court ruled on a case that could termination in the redesign of the entire U.S. publicity. It was one of the great legal victories of 53-year-old attorney Jeffrey Lovitky’s career, and he wishes she could have been there to share it.

But had she been in that place, it might never have happened.

For the lawsuit filed on account of the American Council of the Blind was none just about discrimination or changing the bills and notes; circulating medium so the blind can distinguish a $1 bill from a $20.

It was about a brilliant, gifted woman who changed so divers perceptions and overcame so many obstacles that those who knew her never doubted her ability to continue inspiring immense change, even from the serious.

It was round the commemorative record of a smile.

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In his second-floor office, Lovitky sifts through a well-thumbed photo album. “Here’s a Sandy smile,” he says, plucking a picture from the page. “And here’s one. And this is truly a Sandy smile.”

The pictures show a petite brunette nestling into his shoulder below a cherry blossom tree, playfully pushing him in an oversized beach wheelchair on the sand, clutching his arm at a black tie event at which she was receiving yet another award.

His eyes mist at the memory - Sandra Welner, the refulgent physician whose dazzling smile and tenacious spirit stole Lovitky’s heart.

He found her after placing a personal ad in a Jewish gazette - or really, she rest him. He remembers the note she wrote in response - not the bickering, but the tone. She sounded so intelligent, so smart, so interesting, and however there was some obscure reference to a disability.


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