Dr. Amy Gilliam Anderson ’89, son Derek, and husband Jason Anderson
Museum called “The Great Create” in April 2013. There were 500 people who attended for a family fundraiser event at the Nasher. Families with children spent a Sunday afternoon in the garden. Ten artists had tables where kids created artwork, while families danced to a kids’ Beatles cover band and had a nice lunch in the garden. Allison V. Smith ’88 was manning a booth teaching kids how to use Hipstamatic to make cool photography. “If you didn’t make it this year, I hope everyone can come next year,” writes Megan. Megan’s husband Brady opened a new drive-in movie theater in Fort Worth in April 2013, and hopes to see everyone at the drive-in next summer. Who would have predicted Megan would end up as a cheer mom? Her daughter Honor (10) surprised them all by getting into competitive cheer and she loves it immensely and, thus, Megan has spent many a weekend at cheer competitions. Jennifer Goodman Nelkin’s son Zachary graduated high school and will be attending her alma mater, Brown, next year. Congrats! Jenny Miercort Turkyilmaz’s girls are almost 10 and 7 and are absolutely thriving and having so much fun. Jenny is still working as a school nurse, but she has also started a side business as an intuitive consultant and hopes to build that to the point where she can quit her day job. Jenny still studies and teaches at the School
of Metaphysics and is also studying to become a certified spiritual counselor. She is also getting more and more into writing, wrote a book last year, and has plans for a screenplay that she wants to write this summer. Jenny’s husband is an amazingly talented photographer and filmmaker, and recently was director of photography on a short film that has been submitted to several notable film festivals. “Basically we’re all just having a great time and constantly learning and testing new waters. Life is good,” writes Jenny. Michelle Brodsky Goldstein writes: “I finally have some news to share! My family (husband Peter, son Zak, and I) is living in Cape Town, South Africa,
for the next four months on a Fulbright Grant through the United States State Department. We arrived mid-March and are leaving mid-July. Peter will be making an interactive map of Cape Town with local high school students. Zak will be attending Reddam House, which is a secular, co-ed school here in Cape Town. I am working remotely with my clients via Skype and email. We’ve spent most of our time at the beaches on both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sides. The hardest thing to get used to is driving on the opposite side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right — we keep getting in on the wrong side of the car. Also the signals are backwards, so at least once a day I turn on the wipers instead of my turn signal!” Katherine Rogers Roberts spent nearly two years putting together the Hockaday Centennial Exhibit, which is a must-see. The exhibit celebrates the remarkable life of Ela Hockaday herself. Anyone and everyone should come see this amazing treasure! Katherine also continues to sell as much real estate in Dallas as possible. She is excited about her upcoming adventure as St. Mark’s Parents’ Association President-Elect. Beth Bankhead relocated to Denver and has since been enjoying some travel. She took a cool adventure — no pun intended — to Antarctica and even took a polar plunge! She went to Palau in April 2013 for something a bit
Rogers Hartmann ’89 and her nephew Henry
FA L L
2013
61 .........