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About Me |
| I am a HAPPY person. By choice! I'm an only child. I've been married for 40 years to a generous, loving man. I have a handsome 39 year old son who is married and has two children. I have a beautiful 37 year old daughter who is married and has three children. I have a beautiful 33 year old daughter who is single, owns her own home, works with me and is also happy. I still work full time for a consulting firm doing litigation support. I love music (listening as well as playing keyboards). My favorite place is any beach. I write poetry, love to read, love to play with my grandkids...I volunteer once a month as a caregiver at MOPS. I love people, animals, travel. My pet peeves are negative or critical attitudes, cruelty, selfishness. I believe a sense of humor about yourself is a spiritual gift. Ask me anything and I'll try to give you an answer. |
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Introduce Yourself:
I was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1947. I grew up in Jacksonville, Florida on a dirt road "in the country". I walked to elementary school at Ramona Blvd. Elementary. I rode a school bus to John Gorrie. I got to choose Robert E. Lee over Paxon for high school because I lived on the "right" side of Normandy Blvd. After graduation I went to work at Prudential Insurance Company. Decided not to go to college. Worked there one year and quit. Met Johnny Queen at Jacksonville Beach on July 1, 1966. Took the Civil Service Exam. Went to work for Selective Service during the Viet Nam war. Married Johnny July 1967. Been married 40 years. |
Favorite Quote:
"If Wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
Helen Reynolds (aka Mama)
"When all is said and done a whole lot more is said than done." JQ (aka Johnny Queen)
Carpe Diem
Rick Taylor
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Rules I live by:
Trust in the Lord with all my heart
Mind my own business
Do random acts of kindness.
Listen.
Laugh at myself.
Find humor in bad situations.
Don't give unasked for advice.
Accept people as they are
Give unconditional love
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Interests & Hobbies:
Playing piano, organ, keyboards
Writing poetry
Making up stories for the grandkids
Reading
Listening to KLOVE
Going to the beach anywhere
Taking sightseeing day trips
Camping
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TV Shows:
NCIS
All Law and Order spinoffs
The original CSI (Las Vegas)
Criminal Minds
(do you see a pattern?)
Extreme Home Makeover
Gunsmoke
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Favorite Music & Bands:
Casting Crowns
The Eagles
Rich Mullins
Chicago
Merle Haggard
Don Williams
Third Day
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Favorite Movies:
Bourne Trilogy
Cold Mountain
The Missing
Lonesome Dove
Facing the Giants
Last of the Mohicans
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Favorite People You Know:
Jesus Christ
My family (Johnny, Scott, Christy, Julie, Anna, Carter, Sean, Camryn, Jared, Asia and Jace, and my mom)
My life-long friends (you know who you are)
My co-workers
My prayer partners
My former boss andpastor, Rayburn Blair, Marine
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Favorite Celebrities:
Jimmy Stewart
John Wayne
Sandra Bullock
Mel Gibson
Paula Deen
Rachel Ray
Tom Hanks
Kate Blanchette
Kevin Bacon
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Favorite Reads:
Black; Red; White (trilogy by Ted Dekker)
Last of the Breed
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Lisey's Story (Stephen King)
Lonesome Dove
A Land Remembered
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The grandkids minus one
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MOI, at Pebble Beach, California
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Julie, Christy, Scott
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JQ
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Cherry Lake, Florida
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Paradise Cove, Malibu, California
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The Southern Girl |
The southern girl is a state of mind, not always born and bred.
Her history and southern roots are deep inside her head.
She may be from Missouri, but her mama taught her well.
She felt that Mason-Dixon Line; she's a genuine Southern Belle.
When she was just a little girl, up north was a foreign place
And Yankee was the boogie man; a name that meant disgrace.
She'll call her father Daddy until the day she dies.
You'll her "yes, Sir" and "No, Ma'am".
She makes grits and pe-can pies.
She fixes cornbread dressin', without a recipe.
"You taste it and you mix it 'til it's the right consistency".
She was taught to be a lady and mind her manners too.
Her southern hospitality will always welcome you.
She knows when a thing is tacky; to be common is a vice.
The superlative is darlin; beware of "idn't that nice?"
A southern girl seems fragile, but covers don't make books.
She has iron will and nerves of steel; much stronger than she looks.
She learned "the south will rise again"; but she shines a better light.
She'll cherish the good; discard the bad; know who, how, when to fight.
Laura Reynolds Queen
November 19, 1993
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Letting Go |
Today I'm letting go of yesterday that haunts me.
Today I'm letting go of friends and loves I've lost.
Today I'm letting go of worn-out dreams that taunt me.
today I'm letting go old bridges burned or crossed.
My heart had long been hidden by walls and camouflage,
but pain stil came, unbidden, and joy was a mirage.
Denial was a way of life whose baggage weighed me down.
Behind my mask, my sould was rife with deep, still pools that dorwn.
But open windows bring in light and light makes good things grow.
So goodby mask and walls and night, for today I'm letting go.
Laura Reynolds Queen
March 9, 1994 |
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