IT is so easy to be comfortable in Ms. Nell's company. This
well-loved American possesses a confident, sisterly presence that must be a dividend
of her many years in the Bahá'í World Centre community. On the other hand,
it may also be due to her love for singing. I spent so many hours charmed
by her alto voice as she sang in choirs, and enthused over the harmonies that we would create as
we drove home to our neighborhood after choir practice.
Nell (extreme left) and me performing with Ailsa Hedley, Cocoy and
Rhea Aquino, and other members of the Bahá'í World Centre Choir at the
opening of the Arab-Jewish Cultural Centre in Haifa, Israel, October 2002.