"Way too good lookin'"

Last month, as I walked out of a class I was teaching at Missouri Baptist University, one of my students pulled up my Facebook page and commented:

“Your wife is way too good lookin’ for you.”

I couldn’t argue. I’ve known that for years. Today is our wedding anniversary.

I met Carol while I was the president of Frontier Community College. She was wrapping up her degree with a dream to be accepted at the University of Southern Indiana’s Occupational Therapy program.

She was working at Airtex and was smart enough to see the handwriting on the wall. So she enrolled at the college, single, an empty nester, looking to become a professional healthcare practitioner.  

I believe she was 42 when she went back to school….and when people found out her goal, they’d say:

“Carol, you are going to be 47 before you get that master’s degree,”

To that, her response was: “I’m going to be 47 anyway. Might as well be an occupational therapist.

She was accepted at USI right before we married and completed her degree while we lived in Texas.

Besides being a wonderful partner in my life, Carol is the perfect example of the value of Frontier Community College. Without FCC, there would have been no way for her to pursue her goal.

And more troubling to me; we might not have met.

In this community, be grateful that two organizations continue to flourish----FCC and Fairfield Memorial Hospital. They provide jobs, service and more importantly, they offer hope for many people within the sound of my voice. 

Now that I think of it…

My student was not trying to insult me. She was merely pointing out an obvious fact.

Carol is way too good lookin’ for me.