Our friend, Gloria, is a wonderful mother.  I don’t think she realizes what a compliment this is. 

She and Mike have brought up two absolutely delightful girls – and it makes us happy to just be around them. 

We drove to Orlando to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports to watch the tail end of their older daughter’s field hockey game.  It was terrific to watch her play, and I felt such pride that our young women these days can get out there and play tough…and show their strength. 

The Reunion:

The Focused Young Athlete:

The Friends – Post-Game:

As Helen Lawrenson said, “If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted – there is practically nothing she can’t do.”

You go, Girl.

~

“Sometimes if you’re lucky, someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who’s tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones.”

                                                                                   ~  Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.

John’s mom’s birthday was the 29th; so glad we got to spend part of the weekend with her!

I am also quite fond of how great that leather jacket looks on her.