2 dreams come true at once (Kristi Thibaut D-Houston)

[sonias]

Really nice story - dreams do come true.

Houston Chronicle 4/26/09
2 dreams come true at once
Houston lawmaker embraces politics and motherhood


For many years, Kristi Thibaut’spersonal goals were becoming a Texas lawmaker and becoming a mother. She just never thought both would happen for the first time when she was 44.

Now, the former president of the Texas Youth Hunting Association is making up for lost time. Flush with a new life, her hyper-active legislative shop-talk comes wrapped in a small-town drawl and, occasionally, a tearful moment. The road between home in Houston and the state Capitol in Austin is the tie between her challenging work and home life.

She has few regrets.

"I feel great," Democrat Thibaut said on a recent afternoon in her sparse underground Capitol office in Austin. Brightening a sideboard were photos of her husband of 12 years, Mark, and her 10-month-old son, Christopher, who seldom stay with her in that city.

:applause::toast:


Sonia

[PDittie]

1. She's as good as all that

As a politician and as a person.

[sonias]

2. She sounds very impressive

Glad she is one of the new members of the Lege. We need more good Representatives and Senators in the Texas Legislature.


Sonia