As I’m writing my column my friend and former editor, Brenda Bordelon, and her husband, Matt, walked into the office – on a Sunday, knowing we would be here because she remembered the drill. And, they laughed when they heard I was working on my column because as always – that is the last thing that gets done before we put the finishing touches on the paper. And, oddly enough, I was reading my column from this time in 2007 when she walked in – which is right around the time Brenda left. I was writing about our next editor in that column. Matt told me I should just copy and paste it for this year’s column and no one would know, and he might be right. However, I would know.  Brenda left the area in 2008 and now lives in the D.C. area. I really hate that all our new employees didn’t get to work with Brenda. She is a blast, and I’m blessed to be able to call her and Matt my friends.