So I am having a creative lull today. I have a research project that I want to start on but I have not done so, yet. So this shall be a shortcut week. I looked up questions to ask anybody on Story Corps and I will just work on those today.
Great questions for anyone
- What was the happiest moment of your life? The saddest?
- Happiest: I know this will be the most cliché thing ever but really it was my wedding day. It was truly just a wonderful and relaxing day.
- Saddest: The day my mother passed away. It was so sudden and it has left a great chasm in my life that I fall into everyday.
- Who was the most important person in your life? Can you tell me about him or her?
- My father is hands down the most important person in my life. It seems like it should be my husband but no. I feel that my father is always in my mind. Since I am now so far away I am more concerned with his health and well being.
- Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons did that person teach you?
- Grandmother Wilhoite has always been my influence. She taught me to roll with life and cherish my family for all I do. I think about her constantly and how strong she was and that she has past that strength on to all of my family.
- Who has been the kindest to you in your life?
- This would be someone who came and went in my life very quickly but changed my life greatly. Professor McCallister at Tusclum helped me in what felt like my worst semester ever. He was acting vice president or provost or something and I was being brought up on an honor code violation (which was unfounded and later cleared completely) and he let me sit in his office and cry while I realized that my thoughts of a science career came to an end. He then set up a schedule with me for the next semester to help me find another path. I was very sad every year when I was not given the chance to be in one of his classes because he was so kind and generous with his students.
- It’s been said that after they pass away, the most important people in our lives “live within us.” Is there anyone from your past that lives within you?
- Several is the first thing that comes into my mind. Momma and my 3 Grandmothers are all living on with me. Each has huge influence over different aspects of my life and values. It is good never to be truly alone.
- What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?
- Not everything will ever go your way, you will just have to suck it up and keep going.
- What is your earliest memory?
- Standing at Mrs Marshall's back fence talking/playing with Jade. I think I was about 4 or 5 at the time.
- What are you proudest of in your life?
- My and my husband's education. My family and being apart of my husband's family.
- When in life have you felt most alone?
- When I first moved here to Jacksonville. Jason was not here and I knew no one. Luckily I found a mutual friend here that kept me from losing my mind. Thank you Marques.
- How has your life been different than what you’d imagined?
- There have been so many ways. People missing years before their times. Career paths moving like water. I have decided not to imagine anything clearly but to imagine what I want to feel instead, so much easier that way.
- How would you like to be remembered?
- As someone who was kind and adventurous.
- Do you have any regrets?
- Sometimes. I regret not taking Grandmother Kelley's picture when I had the chance on the last day I saw her. She had her stroke the next day and was gone by the end of the week.
- What does your future hold?
- Love and compassion, smiles and tears, the ups and downs that is a life in motion.
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