{"id":112568,"date":"2025-11-06T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=112568"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:47:38","slug":"rama-fox-cheevers-85th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/112568-rama-fox-cheevers-85th-birthday","title":{"rendered":"Rama Fox-Cheever&#8217;s 85th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a typical iconic gorgeous day in Santa Barbara, a group of us gathered to celebrate Rama Fox-Cheever&#8217;s 85<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday (October 14, 2025), at the bucolic gardens at the home of Mike Visser and Ursula Lamberti.\u00a0 Among the guests included husband Gregory and dog Buddha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112570 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama3.png 640w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama3-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama3-600x444.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><em style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\"><em>1ST ROW &#8211; MADY WIDYYASURYA, AURIA FOELL, RAMA, URSULA LAMBERTI<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><em><em>TOP ROW &#8211; KATE FERRICK, CLEORA DAILY, JANET CAMINITE, MARY ANN SOMERVILLE<\/em><\/em> <!--\/raw--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama2.png 640w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama2-600x451.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <em><em>MIKE VISSER, RICHARD KLEIN, MARK MCGINNIS, GREGORY CHEEVER, JEFF MCCOMBS<\/em><\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Rama&#8217;s involvement with John-Roger and MSIA began in Miami in 1969 and has been an important aspect of her life to this day.\u00a0 She has always made her spiritual journey, home and classes over the many years in Miami, Los Angeles and now Santa Barbara available to all with joy, ministering wherever she finds herself.\u00a0 For more about Rama and her beginnings in MSIA in Miami in the early days of the Movement with J-R, you can read an interview with Rama on the New Day Herald, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/60886-interview-rama-fox-100-living-dying-john-roger\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112572 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama4-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Rama4-600x444.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <em><em>Rama Fox-Cheever at her 85th birthday celebration in Santa Barbara, CA<\/em><\/em> <\/p>\n<p>We honored our beloved with lots of love, memories, experiences of her gifts, cake and pies, and tons of laughter with appreciation for who she is and the love she gives us all.<\/p>\n<p>We love you, sweet Angel Rama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a typical iconic gorgeous day in Santa Barbara, a group of us gathered to celebrate Rama Fox-Cheever&#8217;s 85th\u00a0birthday (October 14, 2025), at the bucolic gardens at the home of Mike Visser and Ursula Lamberti.\u00a0 Among the guests included husband Gregory and dog Buddha. 1ST ROW &#8211; 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