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Faith

December 2, 2015

On a couple of road trips with Kathy, we spoke about   Faith, note I said Faith, not religion.  Oh sure, we spoke of our name tags  of Catholic and Protestant,but those are only name tags.  Faith  in  God and His  Son, Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, being the sacrificial lamb for us is something that you accept or don't accept. Your choice, Faith is a free gift.   Where were we? Church?  No...We  were sitting at a bar, she with her Martini, I with my glass of wine with Paul, an Owner/Asset Manager with his Jack an Coke. (God looks at the heart, man looks at the outside).  You see managers, asset managers and owners do a lot of praying, especially those of us who have faith in God because we ask to receive.  Trust me, when  one is in charge of multi-million dollar properties, we do a lot of praying, I know I did and then put feet behind those prayers!  To an Owner/Asset Manager who has a strong faith in God, he was very open to share with us about what faith meant to him.  I think God spoke to all three of us that night how simple the gift of faith, friends and business associates can interact in our daily lives.

 

I knew I was in for trouble when .....

November 23, 2015

When my Manager, Brenda recommended me to be promoted to Manager - I was so happy and proud.  But I knew I was in for trouble when Kathy told Brenda "if she doesn't work you have to come back"!  No pressure!!  My first road trip with Kathy was to help with accounting problems at a property.  When Kathy woke me up at 4:30 in the morning to look at reports .... I knew I was in for trouble!  We went to so many properties to audit and there were so many late work nights and fun times.  One summer my daughter and I drove with Kathy to SC to help with a grand opening.  Kristine was school age and out for summer. I knew I was in for it when Kathy figured out she could put Kristine to work serving sno cones and hot dogs!  Yep, many working road trips with daughter in tow that summer.  I knew I was in for trouble when Kathy made me her assistant and my first two properties were one of our only tax credit properties and our only 40 year old property whose owner was an accountant!  And I knew I was definitely in trouble when my promotion to Regional meant 7 properties all at once!  But we did it together and I learned more than I could have ever hoped to learn any other way.  I knew I was in for trouble when Brenda retired and Kathy thought I was going to be the organized one with all the phone numbers! Haha Over the years we worked hard together, traveled many trips (work and fun) together, achieved many goals together and became friends together.  Kathy you pushed us all hard, sometimes to limits, but you pushed us to be our best. Together we found creative solutions, had fun doing it and most of all (in your words), "Got it done"!  You will be missed forever and God bless you.

Cabin

November 22, 2015

This was our smoke filled cabin in the mountains out of Boulder, Co. This is my last story or Kyle will be thinking we never worked!  Actually put in some long hours out there but an experience I would not trade for the world. Miss you and you will always hold a special place in my heart, my friend forever.

Continental Divide

November 22, 2015

You looked so miserable here, oh that's right, you were!!! Come on just admit it, you did have fun... We were the three muskateers on top of the world. Tons of great memories even when you were on my case about occupancy.

Colorado Fun

November 22, 2015

So many stories to tell Morgan, but we both truly enjoyed our Colorado adventures!  Remember the Cog Railroad up Pikes Peak, it was so cold up there and we did not even have a real coat to help keep us warm. Then you fell asleep on the way down the mountain and slid out of the seat. Oh and yeah, what about that snow mobile trip George and I made you take with us, now that is another story for the books! Then the time you and I had our cabin in the mountains and I forgot to open the flue in the fireplace and filled the cabin with smoke. You were so scared the bears would come in while we had the doors open to let the smoke out. No phone service and no TV, just the wildlife. Jeez I could go on and on. I miss you so much and keep thinking the phone is going to ring and your voice will be on the other end of the line. You and George please stay out of trouble. Love you my dear friend, until we meet again!

November 19, 2015

Kathy, you will be greatly missed!

When I look back on all of the time we spent together on various properties throughout the country, I just have to smile. There are sooooo many stories of triumphs, failures, trials and tribulations, but, mostly of good times! Stories of lost golf carts, somehow making the much needed income budgets (only you knew how), having to run behind the car, because after 2+ days we had had enough!, etc.

Thanks for being a great person, a fantastic co-worker but most of all, a true friend forever! 

God Bless! 


 

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