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Whew! This sure has been one hard semester. This year my friends I went back to the local college to refresh my graphics skills and learn CS3 software. Only 9 credits but very rigorous! It really is challenging to return to college after all of these years, but I love the courses. Sad to think none of this even existed when I was back amongst those foothills in Westchester! In addition I took a part time job in retail which I thought would be fun, but turned out to me quite the challenge and then, as if I weren't busy enough, I felt that gentle tug from the Holy Spirit to help my poor parish. So Butch began a "Welcome Mat Ministry" based on an article I read in "In Touch" Magazine. The church made me the chair of the committee and after all these years I find myself relying on those things I learned at TKC back in the day. They say that every King's student is equipped to "plant churches" by the time they graduate from the college. Maybe they slip into us during chapel, or perhaps it was in one of the many wonderful conversations and speeches Dr. Cook gave. But I find I am equipped to chair a ministry! And it is amazing. For those of you who are interested, you may read about it at: www.aimsussexs.com. So I went to college two days a week, worked grueling manual strenuous labor 4 days a week and then the ministry for the balance and I count it all joy! The future will change for and I'll be back in the rat race of Manhattan or points West, but it was so great to have this time at college and remember those wonderful days at King's which remain alive and well always. In my mind the buildings still stand, Mama and Papa are baking bread and wet Irish setters are roaming the campus! Did that world really exist? It seems hard to believe, but it did and for a time, it was magical. And to paraphrase "Yale":
Bright College years, with pleasure rife, The shortest, gladdest years of life; How swiftly are ye gliding by!
Oh, why doth time so quickly fly?
The seasons come, the seasons go,
The earth is green or white with snow,
Though time and change to the spirit clings, T'will not break the friendships formed at Kings.
In after years, should troubles rise
To cloud the blue of sunny skies,
How bright will seem, through mem'ry's haze Those happy, golden, bygone days!
Oh, let us strive that ever we
May let these words our watch-cry be,
Where'er upon life's fortune brings:
"For God, for Country and for Kings!"
Happy Holidays King's Family!
Best,
Butch Smiraldi
Eternal Tarryhill Boy
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| Butch Smiraldi, 1989 |
| Submitted: 12/16/2008 |
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| Reading updates from people takes you back to those days. It's great to hear how everyone is doing. I've been married 24 happy years. I have taught for most of the years after I graduated and was a principal of a small Christian school we were a part in starting here in Bradenton for the past 10 years. I resigned last year to go back to the classroom part-time and spend more time with my kids. I have 3 great kids 15, 13 and 7. I have been looking to reconnect with Michelle Edwards. Has anyone had contact with her? |
| Jeanne (Gruber) Hamilton, 1983 |
| Submitted: 12/16/2008 |
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| Update on Hal Smith: after undergoing a double transplant (kidney and liver), Hal is now out of ICU. He is doing some walking with the aid of a walker, His spirits are good and he hopes to get home soon. Please continue to pray for a rapid recovery |
| Howard Kenworthy, 1975 |
| Submitted: 12/16/2008 |
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