Now that I'm no longer at the Advocate, I must feel that I tell the general public about four of the most talented and underrated people there.

I worked for three years full-time in the Lifestyle department. That's where the Good Living, Sunday Your Life, Home&Garden, M3, Sunday Your Money&Markets and Faith sections got built. Before redesign, we also put together the Matagorda Advocate, which now is out of their hands, and one person took care of typing in all of the weddings, engagements, anniversaries, club news, etc. Now they continue to do the diversion pages and help out with other sections that I may have forgotten.

Why am I bringing this up? Well, because four ladies deserve to have their name mentioned. They are Janet Jones (Lifestyle editor and Freehand expert), Meredith Cash (senior copy editor and fastest page designer of the south), Shari Prenzler (copy editor and the most unique page designer) and Karla Woodward (community news specialist extraordinaire). I know that they don't hold these titles anymore (yeah, I exaggerated a little but I do mean what I say) but these ladies deserve much respect. I was a part of that department and couldn't ask for a better group of people to have ever worked with.

I believe in giving credit where credit is due. And theirs is long overdue. The special editions of the M3 sections (think Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean) were put together by them with the assistance of the greatest creative mind out there, Ryan Huddle. Every time you pick up one of these sections, remember the names Janet, Meredith and Shari. They take pride in their work. When you need to speak to someone about events in the area, Karla has always been on top of it. I was very lucky to work with these ladies, and I'm very proud of them.