Mom at 15, at 30, and with her mom (pickle-puss) when my first daughter was born in 1977.
"the fifty"
with carol shepherd rickman
(The greatest mom and bestest friend any girl could have)
A new series of questions, starring my lucky number
and some of my favorite people.
Pay attention. You may be next!
and some of my favorite people.
Pay attention. You may be next!
Blooming Women:
If you could have dinner with 5 other people, living or dead,
fictional or real, who would they be and why?
Carol:
1. Jesus Christ, for obvious reasons.
2. C.S. Lewis, because I never knew another man who thought so much.
3. Charles Dickens, so I could ask where his characters came from.
4. Barbara Bush, because she's a strong woman who
knows who she is and can hold her own around any man.
5. My sisters, Jan, Norma Jean, and Brenda, so I could know
them better than I did when they were alive.
Blooming Women: What are 5 pivotal experiences that made you who you are today?
Carol:
1. When I was 6, my family moved away from Greenwich, where we knew everyone, family and friends, and went to Bellefontaine, where we were outsiders.
2. Winning the Logan County spelling bee in the 4th grade.
3. Marriage at 17. I thought I knew what I was doing.
4. The birth of my first daughter when I was 18. I was instinctively filled with the measure of my creation and knew I was doing what I was meant to do.
5. My mission to Armenia. I was 53 years old and realized that the Lord trusted me to teach his other children.
Carol:
1. When I was 6, my family moved away from Greenwich, where we knew everyone, family and friends, and went to Bellefontaine, where we were outsiders.
2. Winning the Logan County spelling bee in the 4th grade.
3. Marriage at 17. I thought I knew what I was doing.
4. The birth of my first daughter when I was 18. I was instinctively filled with the measure of my creation and knew I was doing what I was meant to do.
5. My mission to Armenia. I was 53 years old and realized that the Lord trusted me to teach his other children.
Blooming Women: What 5 authors do you never tire of?
Carol:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. Charles Dickens
3. Edgar Allen Poe for his poetry
4. Leo Buscaglia
5. Agatha Christie
Carol:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. Charles Dickens
3. Edgar Allen Poe for his poetry
4. Leo Buscaglia
5. Agatha Christie
Blooming Women:
What are 5 things on every shopping list?
Carol:
1. Milk
2. Eggs
3. Bread
4. Hamburger
5. Ice cream
What are 5 things on every shopping list?
Carol:
1. Milk
2. Eggs
3. Bread
4. Hamburger
5. Ice cream
Blooming Women:
What are 5 things you most want to accomplish in this life?
Carol:
1. To never become bitter
2. To sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
3. To parachute
4. To drive a car
5. To weight what I did when I got married
Blooming Women:
What are 5 things you are most proud of accomplishing?
Carol:
1. Births of my children
2. Giving them a better life than I had. I taught them to laugh.
3. Getting my G.E.D. at 40 years old
4. Teaching early morning seminary (church class for high school students)
5. Finally becoming the wife I should have always been.
What are 5 things you are most proud of accomplishing?
Carol:
1. Births of my children
2. Giving them a better life than I had. I taught them to laugh.
3. Getting my G.E.D. at 40 years old
4. Teaching early morning seminary (church class for high school students)
5. Finally becoming the wife I should have always been.
Blooming Women:
What are your top 5 favorite movies?
Carol:
1. Gone with the Wind
2. The Harry Potter series
3. Steel Magnolias
4. Jane Eyre (the one with George C. Scott and Susannah York!)
5. The Sound of Music
What are your top 5 favorite movies?
Carol:
1. Gone with the Wind
2. The Harry Potter series
3. Steel Magnolias
4. Jane Eyre (the one with George C. Scott and Susannah York!)
5. The Sound of Music
Blooming Women:
What are your top 5 favorite musical groups/composers/singers?
Carol:
1. Neil Diamond
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Andy Williams
4. The Mills Brothers
5. Elvis Presley
What are your top 5 favorite musical groups/composers/singers?
Carol:
1. Neil Diamond
2. Frank Sinatra
3. Andy Williams
4. The Mills Brothers
5. Elvis Presley
Blooming Women:
If you could spend 5 days alone somewhere, where would it be and why?
Carol:
In my own home. It is comfortable and safe.
If you could spend 5 days alone somewhere, where would it be and why?
Carol:
In my own home. It is comfortable and safe.
Blooming Women:
What are 5 things always found in your purse?
Carol:
1. Money
2. Kleenex
3. Pen
4. Military I.D. Card
5. Credit Cards
What are 5 things always found in your purse?
Carol:
1. Money
2. Kleenex
3. Pen
4. Military I.D. Card
5. Credit Cards
BONUS QUESTION:
Blooming Women:
Are there any questions I didn't ask that you think should be added?
Carol:
What is my earliest childhood memory?
Lying. We had a tree swing in the yard and I was 5. My brother,
Dale, asked me if he could cut it down because he needed
the rope for a project. I told him he could, then turned right
around and told on him for cutting it down.
Blooming Women:
Are there any questions I didn't ask that you think should be added?
Carol:
What is my earliest childhood memory?
Lying. We had a tree swing in the yard and I was 5. My brother,
Dale, asked me if he could cut it down because he needed
the rope for a project. I told him he could, then turned right
around and told on him for cutting it down.
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