HR Newsletters 2020

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

Dr. Andrea Mayfield (Part 1—Re-release First published July 2018)

There is nothing one cannot do! I believe life is what you make of it. There are many things I can tell you about my life. Some are laden with tragedy, loss and adversity. Most are laden with my spirit for adventure. In all, my essence is one of determination and bold ad- venture. Education has always had a special place in my heart as a result of my own experiences growing up. I grew up in a traditional 1960’s family atmosphere with a mother and father married for 50+ years, and 3 brothers. Growing up in a small southern college town, I spent my time reading and finding ways to create my own adventures. As I write this article, I see vivid images of events in my life. My 8 th birthday party where the fun activity was to cut down the neighbors swing and slide down the red dirt banks to the creek. Thinking about it today, I am sure the mothers didn’t anticipate muddy children after my party. The neighbor game me the tire swing (I cut down) when they moved and it hangs today in my parent’s yard. As a young child, I frequently argued with my brothers in back seat of my parent’s sta- tion wagon. At one point during our arguments, my father threatened to put me out of the car as we traveled down I-20. I said “fine”. He pulled over. I got out and started walking. I was told my mother screamed at my father to go back and get me.

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