My 56th birthday.
Thanks to Facebook, I heard today from
- Japan
- Indonesia
- Sweden
- China
- England
- Brazil
- Italy
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Canada
And closer to home, from friends (spanning the years from Pleasant Lea Elementary School until today) in
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Arizona
- Indiana
- New York
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Connecticut
- Wisconsin
- Illinois
- District of Columbia
- Tennessee
- North Carolina
- Iowa
- Texas
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Georgia
- Nevada
- Michigan
- Florida
- Colorado
- California
- Washington
- Pennsylvania
In a life that has centered on education, I heard from students and colleagues from
- the years I taught voice in Blue Springs, and at Music/Arts Institute
- the University of Central Missouri
- Ball State University
- Christ Church Cathedral, Saint Louis
- Southwest Baptist University
- the University of Kansas
- Webster University
- Lee’s Summit High School
- Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
- and of course my current crop of voice students.
“I am wealthy in my friends.”
~Shakespeare
