Bessie Stanley's poem SUCCESS

[angelayoung]

I simply wanted to thank you, Robin Olson, for your post about Bessie Stanley and her poem SUCCESS (12 January 2007) and to let you know that I have linked your post www.robinsweb.com/truth_behind_success.html to a post of mine which will be live from tomorrow (14 March 2012): www.angela-young.co.uk/uncategorized/what-a-writer-does-while-waiting.

I very nearly attributed Stanley's poem to Ralph Waldo Emerson (because he's the writer we all carry in our heads when we remember SUCCESS), but a little habit of mine made me check. I have proofread often and a habit of checking facts and spelling and everything, really, has developed. And so I found your post.

Thank you.

[Robin]

Ironically, just last week a woman named Donna sent me this: Bethanne has died, fairly young it seems. :*-(

Bethanne McNichols Larson

CARBONDALE -- Bethanne McNichols Larson, 53, of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Carbondale, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

She was born July 23, 1957, in Detroit, and grew up and went to schools in Carbondale from age 5.

Survivors include her father, Ed McNichols of Carbondale; three brothers, Michael of Ina, Timothy of Miami and Jason of Edwardsville; two sisters, Karen of Carbondale, Kristin of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and by one son, Jonathan Palmer of Dale City, Va.

Early on Bethanne worked variously in the computer support section of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Department of Speech and in accounting. In the last years, she has been computer support supervisor at Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. today in Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Donations to the donor's choice would be appreciated by the family. Cards and letters may be sent c/o Kristin McNichols, 3460 Valejo Court, Colorado Springs, CO 80918.