<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Friends:<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">I don't know Who — or what — put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering.  </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">But at some moment I did answer <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Yes</span></i> to <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Someone</span></i>— or <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Something</span></i> —</font><font color="#3d85c6">and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.  </font>   From Dag Hamershol's Markings</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">You are invited to come celebrate the Gift of Jean Marie Long's Life at a Memorial Dinner on Tuesday April 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">We will share a dinner from Jean's beloved India, conversation, song & verse.  Please feel free to bring a song or poetry you have shared with her or your own writings. Please let us know if you are able to attend the event by rsvping <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxyVlaYg54z3O_3jaZsbq0D9-7IXa_akcj2hB6c1W_IkEJKw/viewform" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, or if you are unable to attend but would like to share a note or reflection you can do so <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11qOK85-Bmw6ZAp0awehf1M2utsfxRPvYP0UwjmIrHQI/edit" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="gmail-:2ct" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"><div class="gmail-adm" style="margin:5px 0px"></div><div class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">ICA Greenrise, 4750 N Sheridan 6th floor</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tuesday, April 16th - 6pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;bac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