Baptist Health Care was one of the main sponsors of the Southern Women’s Show 1999 which meant we had a large display area down the center of the convention center. Not ones to do anything halfway, the marketing department went all out on a Jungle Safari theme. Our new mascot for the pediatric unit was a parrot so we designed our booth around it. There was a large tree that was placed in the center with branches going out in all directions, stuffed wild animals everywhere, it looked like a Build ... View the Post
Prepping for the Love Story ~ Memphis, the Professional Years
When I first started at Baptist, I was the Publications Editor, yes I wrote for a living and let me just say, I had no idea what I was doing. But, I winged it pretty well (kind of like my blog as I find the need to do when I have a two-year-old wanting a banana and the mush ends up in my keyboard). After a few months, I was approached by the lady who was going to take over the marketing department offering me a position as a marketing coordinator. It was a good move career-wise, so I jumped at ... View the Post
Prepping for The Love Story – Boomerang Kid
Returning to my Mississippi hometown after living and working all over the South was humbling, awkward, yet beautiful. At the ripe old age of 25, I was at a crossroads in my life and I did not know which way to go. I spent the year trying to reflect, focus, rejuvenate, and mostly, be still. I lived with my parents, yes I became one of those boomerang kids that returns to the comfort of the home that they had known as a child. But, this time I could help financially and spent the time bonding ... View the Post
Prepping for the Love Story – After College
And, then Ray DIED! It had been a bit since we broke up. I dated and got engaged to EJ and Ray had been married to a girl in Yuma for 5 months. I am so happy he was able to be married and enjoy the fruits of a loving spouse and everything that comes with being married. He wanted that badly. Unfortunately, on deployment while off the coast of Somalia, he took off on a routine training flight in his Harrier and about 2 miles from the U.S.S. Essex, it disappeared from radar screens. At ... View the Post
Prepping for The Love Story ~ The College Years
The Fall after high school graduation I entered the University of Southern Mississippi. Of my group of friends in high school, the majority went to Ole Miss, a few to Mississippi State and I went to the University of Southern Mississippi. That first semester was full of adjustments as it would be for any Freshman that came right from their parents home. I spent that semester in the Phi Mu dorm with a very nice roommate and many nice girls. I had a lot of fun, maybe too much. Back in high ... View the Post