Tuesday, March 22, 2011

thoughts of Woodsey-family love

shared by Michelle "Feather" Tessier, her friend from college

I first got to know "Snoopy" from UniCamp, through her sisters Marlo (Moonlight) and Carla (Poison Ivy). I came from a family where love was unusually expressed with sarcasm and criticism, and I entered UCLA feeling that that was a "normal" way of acting toward the people you love.

I met a lot of wonderful people through LCC and UniCamp, but the Rabuy sisters with their sincerity and care for each other taught me so much through their example. Their outward show of affection and love taught me that there are softer, sweeter ways of expressing how we feel about each other. I am deeply grateful for having witnessed their example and having been a friend to them during college.

When I think of Snoopy, my memories of her connect to feelings of how she inspired the people around her to love and comfort one another. She was vivacious and strong. She was as a counselor, and eventually a camp leader. And she infused her love and warm sense of humor into everything. Thank you Snoopy and thank you Rabuy sisters for showing me how to love.

thoughts of more fun-filled madness

shared by Marlo R. Beall, her sister

Last year, I posted a blog entry about our family's tradition of competing in a bracket challenge for March Madness. Well, it's that time of year again...and our tradition is still going strong. In honor of this year's Big Dance, here's a photo of the bracket that Cindy created in 2003.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

thoughts of a capsized canoe

shared by VJ Rabuy, her sister


I remember my first experience of floating down a river in a canoe. I had been on a boat before, speedboats in beautiful Lake Tahoe, and on a fishing trip; but the first time I went canoeing, I was in a canoe with my sister Cyn.


We were on a weekend trip with Arlene and some of the members of the youth group from our church. We would have our food on the grill, such as barbeque and corn, and we would play Mindtrap at night. I remember that I forgot to pack an extra pair of pants and I only had one pair of shorts for the entire weekend.


On the only full day of our trip, Cyn and I teamed up to travel down the Russian River in a canoe. I remember thinking that paddling would be easier than it actually was, and I recall getting pretty tired after a couple of hours.


It was a long canoe trip and at one point I tried to put my one pair of shorts back on after they dried from the sun. I stood up in the canoe to do so, then we tipped!! Our whole boat capsized!!


It was a fun adventure because two kind men helped us and got our boat right side up. It was a great first canoeing experience and Cyn thought it was funny.