Monday, June 13, 2011
Sad Face
Today my calendar reads "sad face" and that means Camille has left the city. I met her in Nashville last Monday and after a couple of days in that enlightened city, we drove back to Memphis for a whirlwind of activities. Not a minute was wasted while she was here---we shopped, we ate tacos, Gus's fried chicken, St. Clair, homemade hamburger and the grand finale at Erling Jensen's. It's a good thing she doesn't have a desire for a bbq fix as there would have been no time to fit that in. I drove like a maniac all over town to get her haircut, shots and no shoes. This morning I got a call from her dentist cancelling a 9 am appt. and we all breathed a sigh of relief that we didn't have to try to fit that in before her 11 o'clock flight. It was just as well because we ran into ungodly traffic delays on the way to the airport and if Dean hadn't been driving aggressively, I am not sure we would have made the flight. I helped her get checked in at the airport while Dean and Casper sadly circled the airport waiting on me and I didn't even cry! It was such a fun week and went by at lightning speed. Speaking of lightning, she got out of town just in time to avoid the huge storms this afternoon as Casper and I made our almost daily trek to the closet---When we see Dave Brown, it is time to take cover!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A Sweet Thought from my Trilingual Manicurist!
When I went in to get a mani/pedi at VT Nails (which has the best ones in town) I sat down in the chair and somehow she noticed in English that my phone battery was low so she asked if I needed to charge it while I was here--well, that put me in an immediate good frame of mind! So then I noticed when she answered her phone she was talking in Spanish--unusual at a nail place--and started telling me about her sick baby--then she starts to talk in Vietnamese to the other manicurist! So I asked her how many languages did she speak and I was floored to find out she was tri-lingual--I thought that might me a pretty good marketable skill so I asked her if she ever thought of going to work for the police dept or hospital who desperately need translators. She said no and that she loves the nail business--she offered that she often went to the doctor, etc w/friends who needed a translator and they would offer to pay and she said she wouldn't take any money as it was her gift to have her child and unborn baby to be blessed. I was simply struck by that conversation and love she had. She went on to say that money comes and goes but gifts and blessings you will always have. I feel the need to share that message from her.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
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