The Three Wise Women

Or the three stooges?? You can take your pick -- we'll let Wed's partipants be the judge. Assembled here, after some wonderful cross-country travel, are the three SDE presenters for the VA PreK Conference. From left to right: Mrs. New York: Cindy Middendorf, Mrs. Kentucky: Deborah Tapp, and Mrs. Ohio: Yours Truly. One of the perks of national travel, is the opportunity to meet brilliant minds. One of the biggest blessings of continuing to work for SDE, is that we presenters periodically overlap and genuine friendships can unfold from the shared fellowship of the road. Over Deborah & my dinner, with Cindy in for coffee, we discussed the glamor of travel (packing for the airport, schlepping across frozen parking lots, getting hung up in security, delayed and cancelled flights, eating out of vending machines ..... just a few of the high lights.) We also laughed and squealed over stories of grandchildren and our home-bound-hubbies, holidays and dreams. We weren't really in any danger of being escorted from the restaurant, 'cuz at that hour, we were their only patrons. We'd like to suggest to SDE that they package the three of us and trot us about together more often. We think we're pretty dynamic, if we do say so ourselves. Deborah & I shuttled back and forth to the airport together, so we even had some further bonding time with one another: priceless.