Inspiring Women SUMMER 2020
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I had always thought what a day to myself with no obligations, no commitments, no schedule<br />
would be like. I have now experienced it and have rejected it. But I LOVE spending all day in<br />
my leisure wear, aka yoga pants!<br />
What is the most important thing you have discovered about yourself, and others through COVID<br />
-19? I like house renovations, but not the work involved. Seriously. As for others, I admire others<br />
who do like renovation work. I could watch them all day.<br />
What do you do to keep on top of your own stress and mental health during COVID-19? I need<br />
time to myself. I love my husband and daughters, but I need a few hours each day to be alone<br />
in a room. I need the time to decompress, think about the good things in life and remain calm<br />
for the next bad news the human race has to deal with.<br />
What 3 things are you looking forward to doing once the pandemic subsides?<br />
Vacation on the beach on the French Atlantic.<br />
Visiting my family at my nephew’s wedding in Ohio.<br />
Grocery shopping more than once every two weeks.<br />
IN CONVERSATION WITH TRACY<br />
Tell us something about yourself that not many<br />
people may know. I have said many times<br />
that comedy is my religion and Steve Martin is<br />
my god. I love humor in so many forms: standup<br />
comedy, old-school comedy films like<br />
Abbot & Costello and Blondie & Dagwood,<br />
too many sitcoms to mention, current memes<br />
on social media, and my goofball family who<br />
just gets sillier and funnier every day.<br />
If you could go back in time, where and what<br />
year/decade would you go to? I think I would<br />
have liked to live in the 1950’s. I love the<br />
fashion, the music, the emphasis on family life<br />
and limited shopping hours.<br />
What advice would you offer to yourself five<br />
years ago? The adage that you don’t have to<br />
please all the people all the time is worth<br />
taking to heart. Plus, it is ok to say “no.”<br />
Be polite when talking to people who you feel<br />
may not be as enlightened as you are.<br />
Everyone is intelligent in one field or another.<br />
Road rage is not worth the anger it causes<br />
you. Laugh at the idiot and keep on driving. It<br />
makes them mad, but you remain calm and<br />
balanced.<br />
Who is the first, non-family, person you want to<br />
see in person when the lockdown ends? I<br />
want to see my Stitch n Bitch friends from the<br />
AWC Hamburg. We have all become close<br />
friends outside the club. We support each<br />
other in all of our endeavors, our husbands get<br />
along like partners in crime, and we all have a<br />
wicked sense of humor when we are together.<br />
Taking the opportunity to goof around!<br />
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