A dear member of our storytelling community, Roslyn Bresnick Perry, has passed. Those cards that everyone sent meant the world. Here is a tender note from Gerry Fierst, who was very close to Ros:
August 7, 2015
"Our dear friend Roslyn Bresnick Perry died this afternoon at 12:45. She would be 93 tomorrow. Sitting by her bedside, I had asked her son Robert if the birthday card that had been signed at the NSN Conference had arrived. He went to check the mailbox. As he returned, Roz died. So the last mail she received were the wishes and blessings of her storytelling friends and colleagues. The newsletter from the Whitney Center where Roz lived had one of her poems on its back cover today.
The last verse goes:
Words
So Many Words
Oh, gods of my childhood devotion, don't let me forget
Don't let me forget the words
Love, friendship, laughter, joy, wonder, gratefulness.
See you the next time around, my sweet Roz. May you be borne on angels' wings."
Jewish Storytelling Coalition
