Karen Berkus

Dear Wendy,

Birthdays come and birthdays go, and along the way, with each passing year, our lives are enriched by the people we meet and the experiences we share.

On this special birthday, let me thank you for enriching my life. I loved our visits to Arrowhead, making our patchwork quilted jackets together, stitching at Asilomar, joining your quilting group, attending both Tiffany and Heidi’s weddings, accompanying the “boys” to their Marshall High School reunion, participating in the City of Hope Breast Cancer walk/run, to name a few memorable times.

You are a true mensch! According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven (expert) and author of The Joys of Yiddish, a mensch is “someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being ‘a real mensch’ is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, and a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous.” How could my life not be enriched when I have you as a friend!

Happy 60^th Birthday, Wendy.

Love,

Karen