WOW.....what a wonderful morning....because of our mid-morning breakfast with Gina Keltner.....our former student 20+ years ago in Eldon, MO. Gina is now with the Grand Ole Opry......creating the weekly programs for the Opry shows and highly successful in this position......of course!! We spent 1.5 hours together eating and chatting and chatting and eating and all too quickly the time had slipped away. The 1st Lady and I learned sooooo much about the inner workings of the Grand Ole Opry and how the shows are designed and how the performers/entertainers are selected each week...........and this all comes to fruition by Gina! She is highly talented, she has ALWAYS been highly talented, and the Grand Ole Opry is better off for having her there to put their great show together into such fun and enjoyable evenings. How proud I am to be able to say that Gina Keltner was a student of mine!!!!!!!!!!!
After breakfast ended around 11:30 and we all parted promising to get together again in Nashville very soon, we went by the Gaylord Hotel Conference Center and picked up Bruce....the other science teacher who had come to Nashville with us. From there.....we left a bit after 12 noon and headed north into the dreary, drizzily, gray day. It never got any better .....in fact, after stopping in Cape Girardeau for a chinese supper, the fog descended and made for some difficult driving during the last 50 miles to F'town. But.....we are again in our stick and brick......and now the three days in Nashville have become memories in our minds. Isn't that what we all have left from our great experiences?????
Soooo, Life is GREAT......and I hope for all of you, also!!!
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