Our Community Elders Tea Is In Full Swing!

I took a few minutes away from our Community Elders Tea to sit and think about this special event.
You see, as part of our 100-Year Celebration, we invited "wisdom warriors" from the community to join us here at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library. We wanted to honor these special people, who have so much to offer us regarding their life experiences and events of the past.
In fact, one of the things we did to decorate the Willcoxon Auditorium was to put pictures from the past up on the wall. We called the wall of pictures "Our Memory Wall" and added other little signs that said "Do you remember us?" It's been interesting to watch everyone line up in front of the pictures and say, "Oh, that's . . ." and watch smiles cross their faces as they remember
when and who.
Of course, we did serve tea. Russian Tea, to be exact. And small cheesecake bites, fudge, and other candies, as well as Melody's miracle muffins with orange butter and raspberry butter, pigs in a blanket, and toothpicks holding bites of ham, cheese,
and olives.
There are people at the Tea who have been in Moultrie for only a short time, a year or less, and those who grew up here and stayed. There are the kindhearted nurse aides who have brought their charges from the nearby nursing home. There is the woman who proudly said she drove the bookmobile when she was only 18 years old. People are talking to each other like family and laughing about different events they remembered as children when they would come to the library. And of course, there are the people who work here at the library and are enjoying telling about their many years
of service.
All in all, I'd say the event is going very well. Everyone enjoys being honored in one way or another. And what better way to say thank you to our "wisdom warriors" than to bring them all together at the library, one of the main community centers of any town. A place where wisdom is always honored.

This Is Just One Of Those Days...

Yep! This is just one of those days. . .when things are whirling around in my head and I can't begin to think of one single thing to write about for this blog.
Actually, things aren't whirling around only in my head! It's all over the library! The whirling things, I mean. And there's more than one single thing to tell you about.
We have had crews here inside the library doing maintenance (like new, long light bulbs in the ceiling and small, candle-like bulbs in the atrium's chandelier) and housekeeping (like dusting all the ceiling fans and cleaning scuff marks off the baseboards). We have had all the plants in the foyers repotted and their leaves dusted. We have polished, straightened and freshened up everything we can see. I just don't know what more can be left to do.
What's all this whirling about? you ask. (Did you really ask that?)
Well, we are one day away from the beginning of our 100-Year Celebration, and we are anxious and excited and in a big whirl trying to get things ready for you to come see us. You know how that is. It's like you do when you know that the relatives are coming for the big family reunion, or when you get ready to host your lovely daughter's wedding shower, or when it's time to get ready for grandma's annual two-month stay.
Everything has to be sparkling clean and fresh smelling and just downright beautiful.
So, when you come visit us, it's a time we want you to really look at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library and see how lovely it looks after months of renovating and upgrading and updating. Be sure to sit on the new benches in the genealogy foyer. Take a peek inside the Odom Genealogy Library and see how large it is now and bright and cheerful. Check out the comfortable new furniture in the reading area. Pay attention to all the interesting displays throughout the library.
And when you get to the Children's Library, take a seat on one of the bright, colorful couches and just let your eyes roam around the room. Imagine how the children feel when they come to this magical place, this whole big library, and hear stories by the children's librarian. Imagine how they feel when they get their first library card.
My mother read to me from the time I was a little bitty girl. She gave me a love for books and reading. I never dreamed I'd get to work in such a great place.
If you ever find me, I'll be glad to take you on a tour and show you why we are so excited about having our 100-year celebration.
I just remembered that saying I used to hear. . ."We've come a long way, baby." Do people still say that? We do! We are so proud to be 100 years old!
There! I didn't do so bad after all for not having one single thing to write about!