ate/ tI/ i9e iNg cepair ttiVt6944. oar 1:4t The phones are ringing off the hook and as we answer "Good Morning or Good Afternoon - Livernois Davison Florist, may we help you?" The orders start coming in for Secretary's Day, Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day, Sweetest Day, Valentine's Day, Yom Kipper, Rosh Hashanah, Passover, etc. Whatever the holiday may be we are asked to use our appropriate judgment to fill the order, write the appropriate greeting card, correct address, deliver on schedule and we keep in mind the customer is always right - right or wrong! Going back in time a bit may I tell you I am the Jewish proud mother of Marcy Feldman, co-owner of Livernois-Davison and mother-in-law of her partner husband and lover Stuart whose proud mother is Sylvia. Stuart and Marcy manage the business with such competence always a smile when he isn't screaming with his loving wife by his side. If you call this "Kvelling" then so be it - you all know what "Kvelling" means - proud and bragging! I'll never receive an award for jour- nalism - so all I can do is tell it like it is. A couple years back Sylvia and myself were asked to help out for Secretary's week and Mother's Day. These are the two busiest times of the year. We accommodated. Sylvia worked the floor and I han- dled the phone. I use the term loosely because I was not asked back for a return employment, however Sylvia was. Did I get fired (not sure)? Believe me, we're carefully monitored and supervised by the two owners Marcy and Stuart and they know who their best workers were and we were just regulars. Let's go back 80 years when the business originated by Stuart's Grandfather ,Feldman and eventually inherited by Stuart's father and Opal Feldman and 4.Aunt Blanche and Joe Haas and now our children Marcy and Stuart. The business is one big happy family including the employees and designers who play a very important role and they are treated very well, I might add. It's one-on-one basis with Marcy and Stuart remembering all the customers by names. Many of them remember Stuart when he was a mere boy. Marcy came into the business with no knowledge of flowers whatsoever. She was so determined to become a success with many trials and tribulations in the begin- ning and many nights came home despondent thinking she'd never learn and at that time problems with help, etc. Gradually she persevered and learned every flower by its name and it wasn't long before Stuart was saying "What did I do before Marcy, my loving wife was in the store?" She handles all the funerals and handles the situation with such ease and tender loving care and warmth. She is mesmerizing as she speaks to the bereaved and their families. Tears well up in my eyes as I observed - in hers too as she saw dollar signs! The Feldman customers of yesteryears are all as faithful as ever and are still devoted to Livernois Davison. The personal service extended by Marcy and Stuart towards the black community is so touching and tender and when you see those customers with that satisfied look as they leave the store it makes me proud to be a part of this family. Marcy was actually in her own business before joining Stuart. She knew absolutely nothing. She came in, caught on, rearranged the store, hired and fired and went forward helping to make this business flourish! Not only are they loved in the Jewish Community, but also in the black community as well. I salute our two dearest children, Marcy and Stuart and our beautiful grandchildren Eric and Kelly who have made and enriched our lives by just being who they are! They are partners and have a very successful mortgage business named Pathway Financial and are presently considering expanding. My beloved husband, Mitch, observes the black and white people walking in and out of the store and always makes the same remark - "Why can't people all over the world live in harmony like this They could if they try!" , Al t d Low/Fora/ex, goo tstv4Motitr Grandmsdareolt, Met *TN 6/20 2003 44 726170 Community Mazel Toy! BAR/BAT MITZVAH from page 43 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Rosner. Zaydie Jack Roser has been waiting for this moment for 13 years. Grandmother Belle Weisman, 93, is most excited to attend. He is also the grandson of the late Sam Weisman and the late Norma Rosner. Jordan was schooled at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills and received honors for placing high in the National Science Olympiad and in the Geography Bee. His interests include skateboarding, sci- ence, basketball, electronics, rap and classical music. He has performed mitzvot, including Christmas meals on wheels, feeding the homeless, fund-rais- ing for developmentally disabled people and working at Yad Ezra in Berkley. Devin Samuel Shallop will celebrate his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel on Saturday, June 21. He is the son of Janie Shallop and Gary Shallop and brother of Brandon. His excited grandparents are Sylvia and Smart Hamburger. Devin is an honor student at Walnut Creek Middle School in Walled Lake. He plays clarinet in the school band. Other hobbies he enjoys are computers, bowling, music and cars. He found it especially meaningful, as part of his mitzvah projects, to make stuffed bears for injured children in Israel and to vol- unteer at Temple Israel's book fair. Douglas Benjamin Shore will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 21, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center. He is the son of David and Helen Shore and older brother of Elizabeth. His proud grand- parents, Marvin and Bernice Shore of Tinley Park, Ill., and Harry and Anna Posner of Delray Beach, Fla., will share in the simchah. Douglas is an honor student at Eaton Academy in Birmingham, where he is active on the soccer, basketball and soft- ball teams and in student government. In addition, he is a movie aficionado, a reader of fiction, history and political science, plays piano and attends Camp Ramah in Canada. Volunteer work at Yad Ezra in Berkley is the mitzvah proj- ect that has been most meaningful to Dot iglas. Erica Jordan Silver will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah Saturday, June 21, at Temple Shir Shalom. Participating in the ceremony will be her proud parents, Franci and Larry Silver, and sister Marti. Sharing in the simchah will be her grandparents Doris and Julius Ross, Renee and Louis Silver, all of West Bloomfield. She is also the granddaugh- ter of the late Marshall Shanbrom. Erica is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She enjoys playing soccer, dancing and sharing good times with family and friends. As part of her mitz- vah projects, Erica is involved with the Muscular Dystrophy Association as a volunteer and is enrolled in a class at her school helping children with special needs. Amanda Nicole Wright will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah Friday, June 20, at Temple Shir Shalom. She is the daughter of Jon and Michele Wright and sister of Jonathan. Her grandparents are Ronald Abrams and Joyce Wright. She is also the granddaughter of the late Geraldine Abrams and the late Vernon Wright. Amanda is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School. She enjoys socializing, gymnastics, swim- ming, soccer and summers at Tamarack Camps. She enjoyed working with the Friendship Circle and being a coun- selor's aide at Congregation Shaarey Zedek's day camp. Out Of State Michael Jason Skillsky will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday, June 21, at Temple Ohav Shalom in Harrisburg, Pa. He is the son of Linda and Alan Skulsky and brother of Matthew. Proud grandpar- ents are Marilyn and Edward Skulsky of West Bloomfield and Laura Silver of New Jersey. A distinguished honor student at Susquehanna Township Middle School in Harrisburg, Michael enjoys baseball, football, snowboarding, computers and spending time with friends and family.