Oldest daughter, Miranda Bring (25), was hired at Dublin Elementary School yesterday to teach the remainder of the school year. Dublin Elementary is in a community close to where Miranda lives with her husband Ben in Blacksburg, VA.� Ben's in the 2nd half of his 2nd year at the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (�VCom�) affiliated with Virginia Tech. They will be moving to another town after this school year in either Virginia (possibly Newport News) or in the Carolinas (possibly Spartansburg, NC) for his 3rd year of study.
Niece Bethany King and husband Larry of the D.C. area are expecting their second child, a boy, on or about 4/30/10. Bethany is the daughter of my oldest brother, Fred, and his wife Linda. Bethany and Larry had their daughter, Stella, in 2008. This will be the second grandkid for Fred and Linda.
Our middle daughter Tashi (18) is back at class at U of Louisville, taking among other things, chemistry and biology. She starts the dreaded winter conditioning Monday for field hockey.
Youngest daughter Clarissa (16) was selected to an indoor field hockey club team called the "Coyotes" and will play in a National Indoor Tournament qualifier in St. Louis on the last Sunday of this month.A week later she heads to Orlando for an outdoor festival to play before college coaches.She's a sophomore.
Wife Debbie and I saw Sherlock Holmes last week. First movie in probably 9 months. It was good. Sherlock says something about not being interested in a theory, but in facts. Having a theory, he reasoned, caused one to only pursue facts that fit that theory or to color the facts to fit. Good advice.
Saw the NCAA national championship football game last night. U of Texas QB Colt McCoy, one of the best QBs in Texas history, prepared his whole football career for this moment. He was injured on the game's 5th play with his team leading 3-0. Without their star and leader, the Longhorns fell to Alabama. After the game, McCoy fought back tears, saying: I'd given anything to be out there with my team. I don't know these things happen, but I do know that I will still give God all the glory. I'm still standing on the rock. Could be that his faith in face of such a devastating setback will resonate louder than winning the championship.
