After a quick, pow-wow all intern meeting at 10, I got into the thick of everything. A new issue had come up and I had to do a media release, draft a column, and finally do some talking points for the AG. I'm terrible at talking points, so it was like pulling teeth. You're probably asking yourself, really how hard is it to quickly spell out the gist of things for a speech. Well good for you, for me it is. my difficulty lies in the fact that everything seems important and so it's hard for me to cut stuff, it always has been.
It was an overall good day though. It was rainy this morning but the sun came out this afternoon and drove the rain and humidity away. Perhaps it was God's way of kind of giving us a sign, a way to show that despite our suffering at our most recent loss and the turbulence at home that things will get better in the end...
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Although I'm 400 or so miles South, today my heart was up in Moorhead as well as the thousands of Cobbers across the world as we mourned the passing of President Jolicoeur. Work was kind of slow after lunch so I was able to tune in to most of the Memorial Service. It was truly moving. I guess as I'd mentioned previously, I simply could not allow myself to believe that this incredible individual was gone. Watching the service. hearing the words of her family and friends, truly made me appreciate how amazing she was.
I read somewhere once that people don't truly die. Sure, the flesh may grow tired and end, but as long as we remember the individual and celebrate them in our lives they live on with us forever.
I am excited for the legacy of President Jolicoeur. She has truly touched so many lives and given us so much. Although she is desperately missed, I celebrate her life and all of the greatness that she symbolized...
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