To every thing there is a season!

And the long season of writing this blog has come to an end!  I'm not giving up the writing;  I'm just changing sites!

Keep your eye on the ball!

I was never an athlete but I was a wife of a coach.  I would hear that coach tell his team that very direction.  Now that I am 76 I remind myself to keep my eye on the ball also-- meaning to not let any thing else divert me from living each day with joy and meaning!

So each day,  I put away the aches and pain and the problems and drama which come with living and I get dressed up and get out in this world and I always find love and hugs and kindness and a personal sense of joy!

I got an overdose yesterday!  I went to Zonta Club Women of Achievement banquet and in that crowd of 450 I saw old friends I had not seen in years and many reminded me of stories and adventures I had forgotten!  It was a needed blessing from God!  Big time!

A thanksgiving with new eyes

Last night International Student Office and Baptist Center combined forces to host an authentic Xmas Dinner for our international students at our center!  Over 100 students ate and it was fun!

Suzanne Orman, the director, welcomed the students and the place was hopping..in the spirit!  See for yourself!

Lazy days - where have they gone!

I started the day running!  Already sent a resume reference for John Hensel and running to get dressed for the day:  Debbie is coming early to do my hair, coffee with Jeff Long about going on board at Chateau.  Then lunch downtown with retired faculty women and dinner tonight with all of Semo international students, which BSC is sponsoring.

It makes me long for, a little, those porch-swinging days!

The past and the future!

Yesterday I went to Chateau Girardot, at the invitation of John Shelton, and he said he wanted to talk about Chateau!  I have known John since early Semo Days when he was on the music faculty and our kids were in Campus School together!  And we chatted about those past days with animation!

And then I asked him the purpose of the meeting!  (It's fun to relive the past but I'm not planning to take up residence there!). And he asked me to come onto the Foundation Board!  Then I really got interested in learning more!  The future is still relevant and challenging to me!

I'm lucky at 76!

Me and my sister

Funny , the things you remember!  Other people live with you in the growing up years and they remember what is important from their perspective!  

My sister, Rose Marie, is 17 months older than I and she and I and my brother, Jim, played together and performed!  Of course, he took all the solos in the Cooper Ballet Company and he was the impresario!   Rose Marie played the piano so I was the only member of the dance troupe!   I loved her memories because they reminded me of who we were and are!

Coincidence!

Last night we were at the Baptist Student Center and I was knocked over by a coincident!  Sandy Moore and I help with the cooking for international students on Sunday nights and last night she baked eggnog cookies!

I introduced her to Cheryl Reinagel who had come to help us stuff boxes for Operation Christchild!  Sandy yelled:  "Cheryl, the eggnog cookie recipe is yours!  You won a prize for it a few years ago""