Wednesday, October 7, 2009

I was saddened by the news of Emma's cancer and was very surprised at how quickly she passed.  My first interaction with Emma was at a SAQA meeting in Sacramento.  After seeing the unveiling of a whisper quilt challenge that Nancy McDonald had participated in I approached Emma and asked if she would like to participate in a 5 person whisper challenge (2007).  Of course I was delighted that she said yes.  I was number one, she was number two so I handed-off my quilt to her when we met at Tayo's.  Number three followed and numbers 4 and 5 fizzled.  Emma had her quilt sold within days of completing it.  I am so please to have had a chance to interact with Emma and of course am saddened that our lives intertwined for only minutes.  Emma was a great lady and artist and will surely be remembered for a very long time.
 
Phyllis L. McCalla
930 N. Lincoln Street
Dixon, CA 95620
707 678-2647
 
  "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one else is looking"
Enjoying Retirement!  Busier now than when I had a job that paid $'s. 
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This blog is a chance to remember and honor Emma by bringing us together in a way that can only be done through a medium like the internet. We love her, we will miss her, but she's here for a short time still, and we want to smile and cry and laugh together with her as much as possible while we can.

Emma has touched a monumental number of lives through her work as a mother, grandmother, friend, teacher, artist, and to Ted as a dear wife. There are countless stories that have already been told many times, and there are many others that we're going to learn for the first time as we read them here.

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