Darlene is my friend. We have worked together for the past ten years. Darlene is the typical Southern girl in my eyes. She has a drawl that gets about three inches longer with every margarita she drinks. She is sassy, and she can talk to a brick wall and make it feel at home.

Darlene is retiring from my company this week and moving to Florida. I am so happy for her because I know how much she is looking forward to going there, but I am going to miss her so very much! I wanted to write about Darlene so that you would all stop and think about the friends in your life that are important to you. With Memorial Day coming up, we are all supposed to remember the people that we have lost. But it is sad that we don’t designate a day to remember the people that we haven’t lost – but will lose if we don’t tell them how much we really do care about them. So if you have a Darlene in your life, take a moment to say hello to them today, or give someone a call that you keep forgetting to call. If you don’t have someone like Darlene, then let me know and I will give you her phone number. Hey, you could start a new friendship and have a free place to stay near the beach!!!! Jude The networker……