Jennifer Goble

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Wikipedia tells us: “While knowledge is the accumulation of information, wisdom is knowing how, when, and why to use it to achieve a positive outcome.” Jennifer Goble (Courtesy photo) I have always, literally, always enjoyed and accumulated quotes because I consider them words of wisdom. For example: “A wise man once said nothing”. Or one of my mother’s: “Just don’t think about it, Honey”.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At a recent graduation, two senior girls, accompanied by student musicians, sang “For Good” from the musical “Wicked.” I had not seen the movie nor the theater production, but the song’s lyrics were emotional, intense, and touching. The final lyrics were: “Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.” Jennifer Goble (Courtesy photo) The word good seemed to have a double meaning: ‘forever’ and ‘better’.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... His birth name is Gary Edward. He was born in 1942, and I wonder how I managed to live all these years without him. Jennifer Goble (Courtesy photo) Gary is my perfect man. He is funny, and like me, he can’t really carry a tune, but he sings anyway. He is witty and always makes me laugh. He wasn’t raised on the plains of Colorado, but in the Midwest, and he’s proud to say he’s a Lutheran.