Roe vs..... Roe?

Ha.

I just found out that the lady "Roe" in Roe vs. Wade is now PRO-LIFE! Ha. She was led away in handcuffs today after a protest of President Obama speaking at Notre Dame.  

An excerpt from her book Won By Love says:

"I was sitting in O.R.'s offices when I noticed a fetal development poster. The progression was so obvious, the eyes were so sweet. It hurt my heart, just looking at them. I ran outside and finally, it dawned on me. 'Norma,' I said to myself, 'They're right.' I had worked with pregnant women for years. I had been through three pregnancies and deliveries myself. I should have known. Yet something in that poster made me lose my breath. I kept seeing the picture of that tiny, 10-week-old embryo, and I said to myself, Abortion--it brings out the kid in you! It's as if blinders just fell off my eyes and I suddenly understood the truth--that's a baby!

"I felt crushed under the truth of this realization. I had to face up to the awful reality. Abortion wasn't about 'products of conception.' It wasn't about 'missed periods.' It was about children being killed in their mother's wombs. All those years I was wrong. Signing that affidavit, I was wrong. Working in an abortion clinic, I was wrong. No more of this first trimester, second trimester, third trimester stuff. Abortion–at any point–was wrong. It was so clear. Painfully clear."^[4]

 HA! I never cease to amaze myself at the random and odd things I learn everyday by reading the news and researching things on the internet. Now I just wonder if she will flip positions again in a few years supporting abortion again.

I dunno... does anyone else find it ironic that the person behind the iconic and breakthrough case for abortion now fights hard against it? Hmmm..... interesting indeed.

Mt. Ogden

This past week has had its ups and downs. Friday morning was a huge up but by Friday afternoon it was a huge down. I was stressed and just wanted to go home. I had a golf date with a friend in Ogden. I hadn't been in years and couldn't wait to go but by the end of the day I just wanted to go home and lay in bed. I decided to suck it up and go. Well... Driving to Ogden from Salt Lake after work isn't fun as it turns out. It took me an hour to go 22 miles. I was NOT a happy camper. By the time I got to the golf course I just sat in my car for 10 minutes to try and calm down. I was so overwhelmed from the bad day/traffic.  I finally got out of my car and met my friend. It kind of sucked at first because I was stressed and it was apparent I hadn't golfed in years which was even more stressful. It wasn't soon before I was laughing at myself and enjoying being outdoors with amazing scenery, amazing weather, and being able to hit a ball. 

All in all, I forgot all about my troubles after golfing. I felt on top of the world, and I can't believe I let it go this long since the last time I went. I am definitely making more time for it in the future!! 

The view from one of the holes. Click on it for a bigger picture. It was taken from my phone so I guess that's why it is so small.

Dear Mr. President,

You are The President of the United States. You are the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition.

I don't know if you got the memo... but you are NOT a stand up comedian. 

I have to say... I think you are funnier... and if you were in a movie I would go watch it... but everyday I swear I lose more respect for you. Somehow you just don't seem like the leader of the free world anymore.

Did anyone else see the Annual White House Correspondence Event tonight?

Are You My Mother?

I just wanted to say how much I love my mother! She is such a beautiful, amazing, and inspiring woman. I am so glad she isn't just my mother, but a great friend as well.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there!!! 

And... Happy Mother's Day to the best mother ever... MINE!

Neighbors Make A Difference

I love my job.

I love my company.

I find joy in drinking my herbal tea from my Key Bank coffee mug every morning.

I am "Proud to be at Key" ( something we get evaluated on in our annual reviews)

It is important for me to work for a company that I am proud to work at.

When I applied for the position at Key Bank nearly three years ago I didn't know about them. Coming from the fabulous Texas First Bank I knew what it felt like to make a difference in the immediate community. Texas First Bank taught me what it meant to work at a community bank. I came to know so many local business owners and people in the community who came in all the time. 

 I learned to love banking and to teach people how to manage their money, and help them when they needed it.  TFB valued their customers and their community and they were such a large part of it. Just because I was in Utah I didn't see why I needed to work for a company that was any less involved in the community. 

But here was this company. Key. Never heard of them. (We don't have a "footprint" -as they call it- in Texas). I researched them online. I went to their website and looked up the philanthropy they do. When I got my first interview, a phone interview with an HR person at the corporate offices in Ohio, I interviewed HER. I knew I was a great bargain and that they would hire me with my background in banking and personal achievements, anyone would....so why should I pick THEM?!?!?  I was impressed and 2 face to face interviews later I was hired on.

I worked as an intern, sometimes 5 hours a day others two and a half. I never really participated in extra Key events because I had a ton of work to do and not nearly enough time to do it and I was a full time student with no time to spare.

Now that I am full time,  I decided to participate in our "Neighbors Make A Difference" day. I happened to be on the longest project. A Habitat for Humanity home that went from 9-3. Other projects were only 2-3 hours long and indoors. I arrived at the site hesitant. I am not one for manual labor. 

Jill Taylor, the PRESIDENT of Key Bank in Utah learned how to build rooms and the inside of a closet!! 

The day was nice and the company was amazing. I can't believe that my company paid me to go out in the community and improve it. Nationally 8,000 Key Bank employees volunteered. I am so impressed that I work for a company that committed so much payroll money in the year of one of the worst recessions, for employees to not be at work in a time when everyone is busy. It is only a few hours a year but how many other companies can boast that? Especially 19 years running!?!?! That means the world to me to be part of a company like that. 

Bankers become builders. Raquel rocks the nail polish, designer sunglasses, and popped collar as she secures the wall to the stud.

As I said, my project was Habitat for Humanity but nationally people volunteered at shops that make furniture for people that need it, animal shelters, homeless shelters, food banks, ymca's, habitat for humanity , schools, the list goes on and on....

It was fun to see a bunch of bankers become builders!!! What added to the great experience was that my bank sponsored the house we built. It is amazing to think that someone will have a house because of my bank. Because of the hours we put in, and the money donated, someone can have some sort of stability in their lives, more importantly, a place for their children to have stability. 

I am still on such a high. I have scrapes up and down my arms, my fingers are raw, my hand hurts, but I am on a high. I haven't felt better in a long long time.  I am grateful for wonderful organizations like Key Bank that realize banking is important, but so is the community your bank resides in!!! Even more, I am grateful I am a Key employee!!!