<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Happy 85th Birthday John🦋. <div>Congratulations….You surpassed the average age for men to live in the USA…..but YOU have never chosen to be the average. Plus us “80” year olds are full of GRATITUDE for having lived a phenomenal International/Global Life🗺️</div><div>on Behalf of ALL💞</div><div>Journey on dear colleague….into the future and Dance the Life of JOy & WONDER🌈</div><div>Grace & Peace</div><div>Wanda</div><div><img alt="image0.jpeg" src="cid:D134781C-AFC9-42AC-9E81-6F4CBF414852-L0-001"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 19, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Gail West via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear All, Sorry this dropped off. Here is John's reflection! Gail</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:13.5pt"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Golden Journey</span></font></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background:rgb(238,238,204);line-height:18pt"><em><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#333333" size="3"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">We joined as two</span></font></i></em></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" 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class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background:rgb(238,238,204);line-height:18pt"><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#333333" size="3"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><em><i><font face="Trebuchet MS">All standing on shoulders</font></i></em></span></font></i></p></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;color:rgb(11,83,148);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New 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