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@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! l 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.