I’m A Clubwoman

I can’t believe that I only have 8 week days left until I return to school and 13 until this year’s crop of students show up! Summer has definitely flown by for me. I have always loved this time, though, right before school when the stores are putting out loads of school supplies and fall [...]

First of all, I have been a terrible blogger! It seems that with work, my service and social activities, getting adjusted to a new place and recovering from that broken finger earlier in the year, I just seem to not get things written and posted like I should. Not a good excuse, I [...]

Every year Junior Woman’s Club of Columbia hosts an annual fundraiser for Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter.  Our annual event for the last few years has been “Baubles and Bubbles”.  Held at the Hilton Hotel, it includes catered food from Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, a silent auction and a champagne diamond drop.  It is such a terrifically [...]

It has been a long time since I’ve blogged for “I’m a Clubwoman”.  Right after we started this blog, and the week before my Club’s big fundraiser, I fell and broke my finger.  I am right-handed and it has really been a rough few months.  The day after our fundraiser I had surgery, which my [...]

When first assigned the task to write about my mentor, my immediate reaction was one of a deer in headlights. “I don’t have a mentor!” was my first thought. And, so I began, like I always do to research the topic. I asked friends who were there mentors and I consulted the Webster’s Dictionary. There I learned that a mentor is defined as “a wise adviser; a counselor”. I’ve known many people who have filled that role in my life – from family, friends, career, social and civic activities. But, I kept coming back to my best friend, Kristie.