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Thursday, August 30, 2012

In a million words or fewer

Lucy brought me a homework assignment from her English teacher last night. Her teacher asked that we write something about Lucy in a million words or fewer that would help her get to know Lucy better. I used 394 words . . .

Lucy (May) Singletary came into our lives on March 13, 2000 in Nashville, TN. She was our third daughter and is our youngest child. Her older sisters are both away at college. Sally is a third year interior design student at the University of Georgia and Emily is a first year student at Savannah College of Art & Design. We have been in Texas for ten years and Sally and Emily both graduated from Westlake High School, after attending Hill Country Middle School.

My name is Page Singletary and my wife is Cathy. I am a technology salesman for Autodesk and Cathy is a Physical Therapist and works for Austin ISD. We are looking forward to putting all of our attention on Lucy this year, since the older two have flown the coop! She can’t wait!

We think Lucy is a remarkable girl, perhaps having learned a lot about adolescence from her older sisters. She is very confident in herself, socially and academically, but also humble and caring of others. She has developed a strong passion for dance and hopes to be a member of the Westlake Hyline team one day. She dances five days a week at Balance Studios, where she takes ballet, jazz, tap, jumps/turns, lyrical and company. Balance is a new studio and they stress fitness, community service, and self-reflection in addition to dance.

Lucy has a great sense of humor. Her nickname, around the Singletary house, is Goose, though her mom affectionately calls her Lu. Lucy has a strong faith and enjoys spending a couple of weeks at Laity Lodge Youth Camp in Leaky, TX each summer - a non-denominational Christian based camp experience, where kids can get away from their technology and spend time in nature and in play.

Lucy has a very special Aunt and Uncle named Aunt Di Di and Uncle Pat, who have taken her in as if she was one of their own grandchildren. Lucy gets to spend time in the summers at Di Di’s beach cottage in the Outer Banks of North Carolina with her cousins where she has participated in many fun activities like sailing and drama camps.

We think she is pretty special and we hope you enjoy having her in your class. Thanks for this opportunity to share our thoughts on Lucy.