There are many people I would love to meet, both past and present, to pick their brain and have a conversation with. But the one person that I truly would love to meet and will never have the chance, is my husband's mother.

One reason, and the biggest, she has been deceased since before I met my husband. It saddens me that she would never meet our two children. I know this was a dream of hers, for him to have a strong family life, and I am sure that he thinks about that often.

The other is I would love to hear her story. She was certainly a strong woman, lived life for herself and not what the rules dictated. She broke those rules, divorced and remarried when it was not a common thing to do. She had three more children and blended her family to be such a strong unit. She worked outside the home when it was not your typical place for a woman. She picked up the pieces after her second husband suddenly passed and saw to it that her children were educated and led fulfilled lives. And she made sure her children did not want for one thing.

Being a business women with my focus on my family, I am certain that there are many life lessons she could have shared with me. As I sometimes struggle with all the demands, I am sure there is much advise she could give on "doing it all". But most of all, I am enamored because of the legacy that she has left. Integrity, ethical and always had your back are words you often hear when she is being described. I would have loved to see what else she could have accomplished as the world changed around her, knowing she would be easily changing with it.

There are many people I would love to meet, and Mrs. D is tops on my list.