Farewell to a Servant Heart
We received the sad news at last week's Rotary meeting that Denise Gray has submitted her resignation from the club. Family priorities pull her increasingly to Arizona, and Denise never does anything in name only. She can't continue her active Rotary involvement, so she concluded it was time to say goodbye.
It's hard to imagine how we will fill the void Denise leaves. She is one of those Rotarians who is just always there, not up front in titled leadership roles, but leading quietly and efficiently with a servant heart.
She has organized the silent auction at the Harvest Howl for years, picking up wine bottles and baskets and all manner of gifts and storing them for weeks and then setting them up beautifully on the day of the event. She has also headed up the dictionary project, hauling boxes with her wherever she goes for the better part of a month, keeping track of who went where, and saving the precious letters from the kids.
Care packages for the military? A speak-easy at the History Museum? A gala centennial celebration? Of course, she'll help. And her help is always as graceful and as tasteful as it is self-effacing.
In Montana, we never really say goodbye. The roads always lead back home, even if the roads are only the memories that warm that hearth we call our hearts. So see you later, Denise. All our love, all our gratitude ... until we meet again.
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