Comments and Pictures

On behalf of the physicians and staff at Owasa Family Medicine, I want to thank you for your lively entertainment at Dr. Jenkins retirement party. You can certainly be counted on to engage audiences. Your rendition of some favorite pop songs is hilarious. The "Cats in the Cradle" was purrrrrfect!

As many newspaper society columns used to print “a good time was had by all”.

Thank you for sharing your wit and talent with us!

Kathi Causby, CPMSM
Office Manager
Owasa Family Medicine
109 Hospital Drive
Calhoun, GA 30701

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Singing with the Atlanta Tams in Maui, Hawaii 1988



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In 1976 - entertaining K Mart Associates in Rome, Georgia



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Lyrics For Literacy - 2008 and 2009 - Calhoun, Georgia



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Playing for the family 1n 1972



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Citizens State Bank of Reynolds, Georgia - Christmas circa 1984 - playing with my old friend Dennis "Big Denny" Parks

Laughter Is The Glue That Keeps Us From Falling Apart

We are all accustomed to folks giving us advice and we all know that it is worth what you pay for it. So - I think that we no longer have the need for anyone to stand before us and give advice. When I was in Big Corporate America, it seems that at every meeting (and there were many of them), we had a "special" speaker to give us advice. Obviously none of this advice ever worked because at the next meeting we'd have another "special" speaker giving us the newest version of the best advice!

I have had enough advice!

I just happened to fall to earth (quite a few years ago) in a small southern town called Reynolds, Georgia - a bouncing baby boy son of Ed and Naia Goddard! Little did I realize at the time the impact these two folks and this this little place would have on my life. Having a great-grandfather, grandfather and father who were UNDERTAKERS certainly added to the richness of my childhood. As time progressed, my two brothers and a nephew would also enter the family business and by the time my brother and I went off to the University of Georgia, we realized that we didn't think like most folks - you see, we knew that we were mortal. In other words, we were well aware of this universal truth - YOU WON'T MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE!

I,however, chose not to go into the family business and instead went to pharmacy school! I preferred sick folks to dead folks!

Regardless of our course of study,we did not have a sanitized view of death having been reared in the family business, so we understood fully that life is a blessing! Because we knew the ugliness of death, we also knew the beauty and wonder of life.



I learned much from the observations of my childhood but here are three that motivate me to this day:

#1 You won't make it out of here alive! I promise!

#2 In light of this, laughter is the glue that keeps us from falling apart!

#3 You vocation is your voice in the world!

I love to spread this news at every chance I am given and I have been fortunate to have been given many chances through the years at both large and small functions. In addition, I enjoy playing the guitar and singing a few tunes to help get the message across.





Because I have retired from large corporate America, I am at your disposal and would love to bring my "Southern Humor" to your next gathering. Give me a call because remember:

YOU WON'T MAKE IT OUT OF HERE ALIVE!