What a whirlwind year we have had! We started off with installation of officers on March 16, 2025. With the theme of “I Have a Dream”, we had the protection of our angels and the strength of our Wonder Women (we are all Wonder Women). Two of my sisters were present, and that day my sisters discovered why I do what I do. Their comment after installation was that “they are all so nice!”
I made the choice that I was going to do absolutely everything I could possibly do. I was able to attend installations of all our concordant bodies except Eastern Star …
I visited each club this year, accompanied by my amazing line officers and sometimes others. I love, absolutely love club visits….
I won’t bore you with every event from my year. That list is 3.5 pages long. However, some of my personal highlights were that I was finally able to use the decorations of the 101 Dalmatians theme luncheon that I had from 2020, …. the Kentucky Derby luncheon where I served blackberry juleps (sometimes it is nice to have a liquor license.), and we celebrated Kathy’s birthday when she came for Nydia Temple’s Official Visit on October 8. She even wore a party hat with her crown.
I enjoyed our Supreme Session in Las Vegas and was so proud when our own PQ Kathy Walliker was installed as Supreme Queen. … I should mention that I traveled with SQ Kathy, in the 6 Temples we visited during her Supreme Official Visits, I don’t remember stopping at a single Dairy Queen! Weird, right? …
I attended all 9 sessions, 16 club visits, 31 unit meetings, and was still able to enjoy 32 of my hospital volunteer shifts.
I had a strong group of officers this year and also a strong group of our Wonder Women. I couldn’t have done any of this without you and your support.
The miles traveled during the year: Granted, I didn’t do all the driving myself, but amounted to 12,784 miles. This didn’t include … casual business at the Shrine Center. I did visit several of our Princesses whom we see infrequently ….
I started off a year ago as a Past Queen who really wasn’t, due to Covid. I ended up as a Queen who so enjoyed the year that I didn’t want it to end. We all played and worked hard. I was proud of our Temple and proud of our Supreme Queen. We would never have accomplished what we did alone, but we came together and made Nydia Temple a Temple that will be remembered.
Thank you, Nydia Temple. I love all of you.