Donna Matthews:
CLASS OF 1969
Tri-City High SchoolClass of 1969
Buffalo, IL
Donna's Story
Donna is in a relationship with Jim Carver. Her schools include Tri-City High School. She works(ed) at The State Journal-Register.
Donna's interests include Live Strong, New York Yankees. Music she likes includes eURYTHMICs - TOUCH, Cyndi Lauper, Maroon 5. Books she likes include Mystery-Thriller-Suspense Fiction. Movies she likes include Caine's Arcade. TV shows she likes include Antiques Roadshow, American Pickers on History, Seinfeld.
One of Donna's favorite quotes is:"Be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
~Nora Ephron
The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.
Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
I always wanted a happy ending... Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.
Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
Too often we underestimate the power of...Expand for more
a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia (1925 - 1998)
Never, never, never give up. ~Winston Churchill
If you're going through hell, keep going.
~Winston Churchill
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses...
The Blues Brothers".
More about Donna:"Nora Ephron died yesterday, June 26, 2012. I am saddened by this loss, and when my friend Sandy McCollum posted this, I realized that the advice is sound.
Best advice from Nora Ephron
• Never put tomatoes in the refrigerator
• Location, location, location
• Life is too short
• Never run for a bus
• Don't learn how to iron or someone will make you do it
• Don't eat anything that's not worth eating
• You know as much about investing your money as they do
• Yelling at your children is no more effective than speaking softly
• Marry a man who was unhappily married to his first wife for 17 years
• Get a dog".
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