Melanie Richardson:
CLASS OF 1980
Owen Valley High SchoolClass of 1980
Spencer, IN
Melanie's Story
Melanie is from Spencer, Indiana. Melanie's schools include Owen Valley High School.
Melanie's interests include Animals, Basketball, Landscape, Indiana Pacers, Indiana Hoosiers, Indianapolis Colts, Reggie Miller, Danny Granger, Jordan Hull. Music Melanie likes includes Edie Carey, Claire Lynch, Della Mae. Books Melanie likes include E-Books, The Bible, Nonfiction. Movies Melanie likes include Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias, I Am Sam. TV shows Melanie likes include Moonshiners Fans (Discovery Channel), Extreme Couponing on TLC, Mike & Molly.
One of Melanie's favorite quotes is:""We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale
In speaking about having a shot at singing, I said that I felt like my chance had come and gone. A friend and wonderful singer recently told me, "I think you're ready now. Everything else will come." I asked her how she knew that- she's never even heard me sing. She said, "Some people tell me: 'I can tell you're a singer by listening to your voice'. All that is wonderful but when you're ready you talk about it a lot. Lately you have b...Expand for more
een. Plus we're getting older and I, in my own experience, decided I wasn't going to let this pass. I HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE I DIE. I know you understand." This was very inspiring to me.
"Walk into splintered sunlight Inch your way through dead dreams to another land Maybe you're tired and broken Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear What do you want me to do for you to see you through A box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through"
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." ~Winston Churchill
"I no longer scramble blindly through hardship. I no longer emerge from a bad time feeling relieved just to have survived. Instead of despairing, I try to find the lesson within the experience."– Actress Halle Berry
"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -- Marcel Proust
“As an old woman once said, ‘Genealogy is like water dripping on a rock: it’ll make a hole, but it’ll take a long time.’”
"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth"".
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