... cultivate and nurture friendships.
Mary Beth Schuppert
Life sure can get busy, but don't let it get so hectic that you forget your friends. Thus is the advice of Mary Beth Schuppert.
"Make time for your friends and make time for them to come to you," the Iowa City resident said.
"It is extremely important to cultivate and nuture friendships."
Schuppert, 84, says she is blessed to have so many good friends.
While she encourages the making of new friends, she urges people not to forget childhood friends.
"You take them for granted, I think, when you are young," Schuppert said. "It is very important to keep them. "There is nothing like an old friendship."
Many of Schuppert's Iowa City friends came about through her involvement with the Iowa City Community Theatre. Schuppert helped start the theater, which celebrates 53 years in 2008.
While she directed and acted in several of its productions, she often had a more behind-the-scenes role.
She was more than glad to pull up her sleeves and do whatever needed to be done for the theater.
"It wouldn't quite work if we all just acted and directed," said Schuppert with a smile.
— Deanna Truman
