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Mentors, Matriarchs, Mothers
and Motivators
When I was about to graduate from high
school, two of my girl friends, took me under
their wings and said, “You are coming to the
cOntAct us
college career day on campus and that is that.”
If it hadn’t been for them, I may never have
had the courage or the motivation to pursue a
higher education. As this publication “hits the
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stands” I will be walking down the aisle to receive my long-awaited master’s
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Dr. Rod & Cheryl Floyd
Recently I had the great privilege to establish a relationship with a woman in
her mid-nineties, Jayme Green. She has taught me so much about life in our
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very short time as friends. I would like to dedicate this issue to Jayme for her
inspiration to me and her motivation with my final master’s project: Living
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Healthy, Living Long with Story. Jayme taught me that there are many switches
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that have yet to be ‘turned on’ in my life and that it is never too late to learn
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new things and to be recharged. She advocates that challenging ourselves and
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being interested in life is the only way to live. We must be fully alive in all that
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we do and only then will we feel accomplished and successful. Does she say
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these things in words filled with, ‘you shoulds’? No, she teaches by being in-
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terested, by asking questions and by sharing her love of life with others. Jayme
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Green became my mentor, motivator and adoptive mother as I prepared to
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walk down the aisle to receive a graduate diploma on my fifty-sixth birthday.
Barbara Joy Mullen • Tonya Sias
Audrey Sater • Kathleen Zurenko
In addition to our focus on women’s health with local and national articles,
this month we also incorporate women as leaders in our feature article which
includes quotes from local women leaders. What about the many masks that
women wear? Rhonda Smith, local business and life coach, shares about the
importance of recognizing our true selves and putting our best foot forward.
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