World Peace Ribbon

I wrote this on 10/12, but haven't had a chance to post it here till today.

Ever since we donated the World Peace Ribbon Project to the International Day of Peace Vigil, my contact with that group has been after me to come to NY to meet with her.

So, Mom and I ventured into The City today, to have lunch with a representative of the United Nations.  We now have a lovely thank you letter (which I will retype for you later -- much too long to do right now).  After lunch, she suggested a visit to the UN gift shop.  Susana was, unfortunately, summoned back to work, so she arranged for her friend Lina to meet us at the gift shop so we could use Lina's employee discount.  So, I got some T-shirts and a tote bag, at 20% off.

Then Lina invited us to have a snack at the coffee shop, so we could sit and talk some more about The Ribbon, which apparently *everyone* at the UN has now seen and appreciated.

The Ribbon has been shown at the annual International Day of Peace Vigil, at Red Cross events, at 9/11 survivor support group meetings, etc., and everywhere it has been shown, it has been appreciated, and people come up to Susana to say how touched they are that complete strangers made this ribbon to memorialize their friends and loved ones.  And Susana makes sure to tell them about the people who had the idea, rather than taking the credit herself -- she sees herself as just the caretaker for this work of art.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this project, and especially to Nathalie for having the idea!!!