A: Pop Tarts & Porch Swings - The
First 30 Years. It would be about the
people [I’ve met] and experiences I’ve
had the past 30 years! (Yes, I’ve actually thought about this.)
Q: What accomplishment are you
most proud of?
A: Gaining and keeping some, if the
most incredible, life-long friends a
woman could ever ask for. My best
friends have been around since we
were 5 years old.
Q: When you were a child, what did
you want to be when you grew up?
A: I’ve always wanted to be a motivational speaker.
Q: How did you get into your field?
A: I love serving people and solving
problems; operations is doing just
that.
Q: Would you recommend your
career for other people? Why?
A: Absolutely. Everyone should work
at least one direct customer service
position in their life to learn what
it’s like on the other side. There
would hopefully be more respect and
patience for others.
Q: If you could visit any place in the
world, where would you go?
A: Cairo, Egypt, to see the Pyramids.
Q: Who is the one person you would
like meet?
A: I would love to sit and talk with
Billy Graham.
your best piece of advice, what would
you say?
A: To smile big and speak sweet in
all that you do. Let your light shine,
always.
Q: If you could go back in history,
who is the one person you would like
to meet?
A: I would love to meet C.S. Lewis
and talk to him about his writing.
Q: Who in your life has influenced
you the most? How?
A: My children, Benjamin and Zoie.
They are the reason I get up every
day and work hard to set the example
of what a woman of God is. They are
pure love and I am so proud to be
their mother.
Q: If someone asked you to give them
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Dr. Weldon Leon
Abbott
Professor of Psychology
Weatherford College
Q: What do you do?
A: College Professor in Behavioral
Sciences
Q: What are some of your favorite
movies?
A: Bull Durham, A Few Good
Men, and Jack Reacher.
JANUARY 2016
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
Q: If you were to write a book, what
would you call it and what would it
be about?
A: Actually writing one
now – Psychology for Your
Phenomenological World.
Q: What accomplishment are you
most proud of?
A: Running the Cowtown
Marathon and living to tell about
it. Professionally, making doctors.
Specifically, being able to say
to doctoral candidates as they
defend their doctoral dissertation,
“Congratulations, you are now one of
us!” I know what it feels like to hit a
three-run home run, but being able to
tell someone how to do it and watching them do it is even more gratifying
and fulfilling.
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Q: How did you get into your field?
A: Someone came to me with a problem and I did not possess the skills
to help. And that motivated me to
never be in a place where I couldn’t
provide assistance, etc.
Q: Would you recommend your
career for other people? Why?
A: Absolutely. I teach an array of
college freshmen and sophomores to
doctoral students. Knowing the influence you have is never-ending. And
the reverent feeling you have when
you saved a life because of your
counseling.
Q: What do you do to relax?
A: Reading and crossword puzzles.
Wait, that doesn’t sound like an
interesting person. Mumble, mumble,
mumble.
Q: If someone asked you to give
them your best piece of advice, what
would you say?
A: “If it were easy, everyone would
have one.” (college degree B琦