Inspiring Friend

There are some people that just amaze me. Do any of you know that person who has an extraordinary challenge and faces it with a smile? Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "For every minute you are angry you loose sixty seconds of happiness." Groucho Marx said, "I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be." Meet Elizabeth. She graduated from Mountain View High School, got an undergraduate degree at ASU, and went to an east coast school to aquire her Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. She supports a beautiful daughter single-handedly, and has maintained many high school friendships, including ours. She came to our home last week to meet Carson and the boys, and we went to lunch to watch our kids play. I was again amazed at her positive attitude and lack of complaining. She is many things- beautiful, friendly, and intelligent, but to people who don't know her they might label her as deaf. I must disagree. If there is anyone who LISTENS to her friends, LISTENS to her daughter's needs, or LISTENS to her own ambition, it is Elizabeth. We would all do well to LISTEN the way she does, and cherish our oportunities and open doors, and ignore our own self-deprecation.

(She just won #1 Most Lovable Person out of my Facebook associations. I'd have to agree.)