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Thought for the Day--May 3, 2011: What is/was One of the Most Joyous Times of Your Life?

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1st Row (left to right, seated): Afrodita Nikolova, Jennifer Semple Siegel, Zoria Petkoska 2nd Row (left to right): Vesna Ilievska, Marija Dudan, Ana Lakaliska Photograph taken by Maja Tomovska and used with permission. ___________________________________ Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls . --Mother Teresa The above photograph represents one of the best times of my life; in it, I'm posing with some of my students from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, where I served as the Fulbright Scholar to Macedonia for 2009-2010. Other than giving birth to my son, my undergraduate and graduate college years, getting married to Jerry, graduating from college (both undergraduate and graduate), and the direction my life is taking right now, my Fulbright year has to rank as one of the happiest times of my life. Every day, I would wake up, jump out of bed, and say to myself, "I'm here in Skopje, Macedonia, and I can't wait to get my day started." I cou

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