Egan Family Members attending banquet (Hugh was the cameraman)
Natalie hadn't arrived yet so we had to be satisfied with having a photo with a photo
Can't even believe how much fun it was tonight to attend a beautiful event at the Grand America Hotel honoring none other than my youngest sister, # eleven in the Egan Clan, Natalie. She was chosen as the 2008 Woman of the Year by Wasatch Woman magazine. (She is the Cover Girl on this month's edition.) A bunch of us attended the banquet (the ballroom was completely packed) and shed a few tears of joy as our sister was honored for her many and varied accomplishments. Natalie gave a short speech encouraging women to project their innate "feminine" values and implant them into their community. Compassion, fairness, civility, stewardship, beauty, relationships, service and goodness to name a few. Combining with the masculine virtues of efficiency, competency, power, competition and strength for the good of everyone. She was quick to point out that one person can easily possess both feminine and masculine virtues, but that they are usually more pronounced in the gender they most closely represent. She complemented Merritt and Marcia (my mom and dad) for raising their children in a way that can only be described as "wise stewardship of a family of unimaginable scale with a magical outcome."
The greatest quote from her speech came at the very end. With a tone of emotional admiration for his strength and goodness, Natalie said, "If you want to see greatness, just look into my husband's eys."
Congratulations Natalie. We are bursting with pride!
