tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post5851902920313194313..comments2023-10-09T06:34:19.648-04:00Comments on Potato Girl in Michigan: Idaho Boy goes to Harvard, Take 2Anhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148096543228257616noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post-90276209254481700622011-10-12T20:33:22.112-04:002011-10-12T20:33:22.112-04:00I agree with you about Mom and the Dean being hero...I agree with you about Mom and the Dean being heroes but the other hero is Bob Woods. Many years later he looked me up at the Boise VA. He had felt moved to find me he said. At the time he was president of the Memphis Stake and I was a bishop of a student ward. He came to my office and we talked for a couple of hours. He had a son who he was troubled about and felt moved to talk to me about him. I may have helped him but he certainly helped me. I was going through that awful lawsuit at the time. It was for me as if my father had come back from the dead to visit and to bless me through the voice and hands of Bob Woods. Before we finished I asked him to give me a blessing and he did so right there in my office at the VA. It was a very moving experience for me. He then asked me for a blessing and I gave him a priesthood blessing as well. We were both in tears. He told me a lot about how he worried about me as a rebellious teenager. It was a very tender and holy and deeply loving and strengthening experience for me.<br />The Harvard and Yale applications were the only ones I filled out. I was that naive. I am not sure what I would have done if I had not been admitted. The Ivy League schools have a "super committee" and they try to have only one of the schools admit each applicant when they are applying to multiple schools. I was admitted to both. I think I still have the admission letters from both. Love, DadLarrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post-79649484602793491942011-06-10T21:47:29.854-04:002011-06-10T21:47:29.854-04:00Girl, your Dad went to Harvard? No wonder you'...Girl, your Dad went to Harvard? No wonder you're so brilliant!Southern Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444027501452120660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post-81937604221844912742011-05-20T20:06:23.382-04:002011-05-20T20:06:23.382-04:00Thanks for sharing this, Andrea. I knew your dad ...Thanks for sharing this, Andrea. I knew your dad went to Harvard but had no idea it came about in such an interesting way.beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11683344177488521975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post-66156197278398665452011-05-16T12:54:30.592-04:002011-05-16T12:54:30.592-04:00Love it!Love it!LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941669043598102375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299751679348078955.post-32359504611731358112011-05-16T03:58:39.190-04:002011-05-16T03:58:39.190-04:00I loved reading your dad's account of his coll...I loved reading your dad's account of his college years!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272003572613628726noreply@blogger.com