All Hail Dotty!

Yesterday was a big day for my friend and housemate, Dotty Lagesse. She was selected to win the Athena Award from the Women in Business organization, a branch of the Chamber of Commerce. For once they made a good choice because she is a good businesswomen. Just becauses she runs a non for profit people forget what a complicated business it is and how much skill is involved in doing it successfully. I joined some of her family in being there for lunch. I like her Mom but she said something that really bothered me. When someone asked her if she was proud of her daughter's accomplishments, she said " Oh, I take it for granted".

Dotty is so super responsible and driven to work hard that I think too many people do take for granted what she has done with a complex and difficult task. She has to be hard nosed to deal with some of her contacts and sensitive and caring with others. She is almost always dealing with pain of some kind. She works 6 days a week and is out the door at 6 am. She is the most disciplined person I know.

Neither of us is the emotional "mushy" type so we seldom talk about our feelings with each other. When we want to say something nice we do it on paper. So this is my way of saying how proud I am to be your friend, Dotty. People will be congratulating you for weeks. Soak it all up and store it for the "bitchy" days.