On this Thankful Thursday I am thankful for the gifts that Sharon Spare brings to my life. Sharon was the force behind the Beaufort, South Carolina Speech and Hearing Center. She put a lot of fun and zest into the SC Speech Language and Hearing Association Conventions. She is a Gold Medal Arthur Murray dancer and instructor. She and the late Dr. Art Weiss could put on a demonstration that would make Dancing with the Stars look like amateur hour. Sharon worked tirelessly in the military schools around Beaufort as a speech/language pathologist and was a mentor to so many of the students in training at South Carolina State. She had a great friendship with the late Dr. Harold Powell. She and her close friend Aileen Lau Dickenson attended the national conventions of ASHA together. We shared many delightful meals together along with Dr. Powell and the late John Carney. She received the Honors of the SC Speech and Hearing Association in recognition of her pioneering work. She is an idea person who shares. This is her first year not to be working full time. I have mentioned before what remarkable friendships developed among the executive directors of the community speech and hearing centers in South Carolina and those friendships are enduring. On this Thankful Thursday I am grateful for the gifts that Sharon Spare brings to my life.
Thankful Thursday is a day set aside to recognize the importance of someone to our lives and to let that person know of our gratitude. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say Something Nice; Be a Lifter. You will be glad that you did.
