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Thank you, Evelyn, for this wonderful tribute. Thank you, Marge, for  
inspiring it and all the others that are coming in to celebrate your 85 years of  
grace and giving.
 
It's such a privilege to be a part of our mysterious League.  Your 
faithfulness on the journey inspires me.
 
Love and blessings,
Jann McGuire
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2013 9:11:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
joyful52 at gmail.com writes:

Dearest  Marge, 

You are the Greatest! 

I know that many daughterinlaws  might not understand why I enjoy coming to 
Chicago and visiting with you. I  have never had any mother-in-law problems 
and just the opposite. You have  always been the spark who hosted everyone 
and made them feel welcome. I could  see gifts that I had given you 
decorating your apartment and clothes that I  had bought were being worn. You hem 
and sewed everyone's clothes and typed  over 100 words per minute without 
blinking an eye. We borrowed your car,  shared your frig and even use your tv 
and computer which are available to  residents so they can feel right at home 
too. Time and again you see the need  and do the deed. 

When my children came to Green Rise (I want to say  Kemper) after living 
most of their life outside the USA, you were watchful,  but gave them the 
space to decide what they want to do and how they would go  about doing it in 
their college years. I remember asking about their grades.  You said, it is 
none of my business. If they want to tell me they will. They  can decide. They 
say people who are creative can say "Yes and....", or "What  if"...you were 
way ahead of the curve and I thought may be you created the  slogan "Yes we 
can", and not Obama! A couple of times when Larry was not with  me, I even 
shared a bed with you and this amazed my Chinese girlfriends to no  end! You 
and Phil actually came to Kenya to marry us ...but that is another  story...

Our family's history is like building memories with  stories that become 
legend. Lela always liked chicken and heard your story  about learning to cook 
fried chicken for Sunday dinners and guess what... now  Lela fries her own 
chicken! We heard about your wheat bran and pineapple juice  reducing 
cholesterol and are still having it in the morning. ETF is just a  sample... all 
the tapping and all the DIY books are really about deciding to  care for 
yourself and take responsibility for your own health. Half the goal  of healing 
is believing you can be healed and can heal others. It is saying  the Divine 
has always been with us and always will be with us. Alpha and  Omega. God 
is Good, Life is Good. Amen...

You are a walking miracle  worker and such a gift to us all. Thank you for 
being you!

I am sorry  we will not join you and Conan for your birthday this year! We 
will be there  at Christmas instead!  So everyone should raise their glasses 
and toast  to Marjorie Philbrook...she likes pineapple juice, eats turkey 
and salmon and  has watermelon instead of cake for her birthday! Go Girl!

You are the  Greatest!
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Love, 

Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook who has lived in  Taiwan over 22 years and never 
been to the Great Wall of China, so we  celebrate Marge's birthday by doing 
just that with my special partner, Larry  Philbrook, who has waited to all 
these years to see it. 
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