I went on a teacher exchange program with Lindsay's Sister City, Ono City, Japan, in 1989. I stayed a few days to visit the Tokyo House. Shirley was my team prior in Chicago 17 years earlier. I wouldn't have survived a difficult year but for her tender/tough care and sunny disposition. What a privilege to have known her! Grace, Jann McGuire On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 8:42 AM Karen Snyder via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Was it 1990 that the ICA Assembly was held in Taipei? On the way home I spent a night in the Tokyo House. Shirley and Wendell St. John and Joan Knutson took me to dinner. They smilingly told me what dish I was to order – a dinner of flowers. I can hear Shirley saying, “We are not getting this dish because we have had it before; but we want to treat you with this experience.” (It was the most expensive item on the menu!) I remember there was salmon with a salad of flowers, the ‘vegetables’ were flowers and the dessert was rose ice cream. It was the most delicate and delicious meal I have ever had and the memory of it continues to this day. But the greatest memory was the generosity and happiness of the three in giving me this gift – and Shirley was in the midst of it. Peace,
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