“Texas A&M asks the lettermen to come back every year for basketball. They invited us in December for the Feb. 3 game against South Carolina. I noticed that Wally Moon had signed up to come, so I called him and we talked a little bit. … Continue reading‘I’m sorry I didn’t get to see him that one final time’
“I grew up during the Great Depression. Unless you lived in those times, it’s hard to imagine how poor people were back then. We didn’t have much. So when I became interested in playing basketball, my mother took a gallon syrup bucket and nailed it … Continue readingIt all started with a syrup bucket nailed to a wall
“I walked into a store and an employee asked, ‘Are you Miss Swamp?’ I froze like a deer in headlights and said, ‘Yes, but no one has called me that in almost 40 years.’ She said, ‘You taught my daughter in kindergarten. She is now … Continue readingMiss Swamp makes impression on kindergartners
“I got pretty sick when I was 17. I lost a bunch of weight, like 23 pounds, within a span of seven to 10 days. Nobody could figure out what was going on. I saw multiple doctors and I got multiple opinions. It ended up … Continue readingTeen health issues lead to career in nutrition
“I don’t usually start writing the beginning of a poem. I start in the middle and build around it. No matter how you approach it, you want every line to be impactful. You want to say something that will move someone. “I feel like my … Continue readingCreating poetry helps her deal with change
“I went to Texas A&M and got my degree in wildlife and fisheries sciences. I intended to be a fisheries biologist, but life had other ideas. “My dad passed away, so I ended up in the family business managing drug stores. Through the years I … Continue readingCareer choice goes astray because life happened
“When I was growing up, my mom called me a social butterfly. In high school, I always wanted to be out doing something, seeing somebody, hanging out. That continued in college, where I kind of struggled with prioritizing my time. I’d be like, am I … Continue reading‘Social butterfly’ strikes balance, earns degree