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A View Of Columbus Through Rose-Colored Glasses
This article is dedicated to acknowledging examples of positives that express the community spirit of Columbus – our town.
How often do you remember a mentor? I’ll put my money on the fact that you did have a mentor. Our mentors always believed in us. We could depend on the mentor’s support. Many times, the mentor is a teacher... a coach... a relative... or even an employer. I consider my Aunt Fran (who passed at 100 years of age this year) my foremost mentor. She was my mother’s younger sister, and always appeared to be a success in whatever she was doing. She taught elementary and high school; she worked as a bank vice president; she sold real estate; she was president of many social organizations; she was an excellent cook; she sewed; she was a wife and mother and my aunt and encourager.
Aunt Fran’s degree was in speech. She played various roles in college productions. During those years in college, she spent time in our home. It was not unusual for me to have the opportunity to peruse her textbooks. One of those books, “Best Loved Poems of American People”, was my favorite. I read the collection of poems over and over. The title of today’s article is from one of those poems.
I guess I’ve been beating around the bush for a couple of paragraphs, but now I’m getting to the heart of this article. My focus is to honor a friend’s passing. You see, it takes some “guts” to write these little epistles, but this one is important to me. This Columbus friend always made a positive comment and encouraged my writing. In my mind, I thought that I would always have time to write about him. Perhaps you have guessed that I’m writing about Henry Potter. Thank you, Henry, for encouraging me and many others. We join in a chorus to Pam and the Potter family that we will always remember something good about you.
