Matt Olney
security worker
“My mother. She was an incredible role model and taught me how to be a better person. My wife’s pretty close, though.”
Maria Tachiquin
nurse
“Mother Teresa. I was reading about how she was willing to give everything she had without asking for anything in return. Nursing is like that. You forget about yourself.”
Bruce Gunther
Air Force employee
“My stepmother and my mother. I’m the way I am because of them. I learned everything about compassion and nurturing from them.”
Lilly Garland
retired
“Her name was Velda Trusty. She taught me the power of positive thinking. She was always fair and faithful as an employer and as a friend.”
This article appears in Jun 11-18, 2009.