Just Among Friends
The University of Mississippi Medical School held its White Coat and Pinning Ceremony for the 2027 Class on the Jackson campus. The entire week was "Welcome Week" for the 1st Year medical students to orient them with various aspects of the program.
In attendance was the Tommy Holland family who came to watch as Tyler Holland received his White Coat and Pin. His parents are Tommy and Sharon Eldridge Holland His wife is Brooke Watkins Holland, and his sister, Haley Holland, all of whom watched proudly as he walked across the stage.
Tyler has always dreamed of being a physician and he is realizing his dream as a member of the Rural Physicians Program of Mississippi. He is a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi. Congratulations and Best Wishes for a bright future!
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Happy Birthday to Vonell Breazeale! She celebrated her 81st birthday with ice cream and cake which sounded like a great combination. Her daughter, Gwen Breazeale and her son-in-law, Tony Alexander, and other family members joined her.
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Aug. 6th was a very proud day for Adrienne Sisson who is a student in the Vanderbilt School of Nursing where she is pursuing a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree. She received her pin during a Pinning Ceremony in Langford Auditorium on the Vanderbilt campus in Nashville. She attended East Central Community College and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mississippi College.
Along with her family, Philadelphia friends in attendance were Kip Fulton, Lee Ann and Jim Fulton. Congratulations, I think you have a great future!
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Happy Anniversary to Danny and Regina Hicks who celebrated 52 years of marriage on Aug. 7! They are one of my favorite couples!
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News from Slovakia-The Senitko family is reunited! The children, Zora, Adam, and Teo, are so happy to be together again. and are having fun playing on the playground, eating ice cream cones, and getting acquainted with their new environment. Adam turned 5 and celebrated with a multi- layered chocolate frosted cake that looked luscious. What a wonderful opportunity for the family to live in their father's native country!
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After 36 years of teaching in New Mexico, Louisiana, and Mississippi, I still feel a pang of nostalgia when school begins each year. Being an elementary school teacher was what I chose to do and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the excitement a (not hard work) of preparing the classroom for the students and making it a pleasant environment for them.
One of my favorite memories is teaching at the public school in Tohatchi, New Mexico, on the Navajo reservation. My class was mixed with Anglo and Navajo third graders. It was such fun to watch the children get excited about the snail in the aquarium I set up. My Navajo students had never had an aquarium experience and I don't think many of the Anglos had either. Flowers on my desk were another fascinating bit of wonder. They touched the petals reverently and asked to take them home at the end of the week. Some of them felt comfortable enough to touch my blonde hair! (I think I was alone in being on their level at their desks. I could not teach from behind a desk). I have taught so many wonderful children at PES who are now adults and even have grandchildren, but I am always so pleased to have them recognize and speak to me!