Mary Lou Mazzone

Mount Holyoke Memories

During the four years that my granddaughter, Mariesa, was away at Mount Holyok e College in Massachusetts, I missed her so much it hurt. She was on the other side of the country while I was back home in California. However words cannot begin to explain how proud I was of her and all her accomplishments, both academic and athletic. She worked hard pursuing a degree in Biology while also being a two-sport student athlete playing field hockey and lacrosse. After graduating, she had over 30 t-shirts, sweatshirts and socks with the Mount Holyoke Lyons logo, lion's paw prints, inspirational quotes and more. Some articles of clothing had a record of the NCAA championship tournament she participated in as well as the places she went to to compete in. Some of these places included the New England states, New York, Florida and China. When she finally came home, she was going to throw out the old shirts and get on with her career as a personal trainer, but she hesitated because of all the wonderful memories and stories the shirts held. She even had one t-shirt that belonged to her best friend, who had sadly passed away in a horrific car accident. Mariesa couldn't throw away those memories.