Sadie Schluger
Sadie Schluger dancing
I sit at that table and it is a great joy to listen to the young people so full of life and enthu- siasm. It is a pleasure to be with them. Our grandchildren and their friends sparkle with life. When Wendy tries to beg off preparing the next week’s dinner, no one will hear of it. If she is being punished for skipping her Hebrew lessons as a girl it is an appropriate and enjoy- When we first moved to Florida Wendy had trouble at her new school. It was a time of racial tension and the hostile environment was not conducive to young, white, female outsid- ers. Wendy had to endure taunting and bully- ing and learn a new way of communicating. Luckily Wendy was and is a resilient, adapt- able young lady. She stood up for herself and soon found her way in the new social structure. When she did, she became a popular girl and made new friends with both white and black students. able punishment. WENDY FINDS A WAY
THE DANCE OF LIFE Wendy gets her personality and her strength from a long line of strong women in our family, all of whom have very distinctive personalities. I remember once when Dora came to Flori- da for a visit and I had to leave work to drive her to see my mother and Aunt Lil in Century Village where Lil and my mother lived togeth- er in a condo. I was anxious about having to leave work but I had to do it. When we got to Century Village my moth- er said there was a Greek dancing class she wanted to attend. My mother loved dancing.
They had all sorts of activities at Century Village and Greek dancing was one of them. I said I would drop them off but couldn’t stay because I had to get back to work.
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Sadie Schluger Dancing
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