Cathy Gulkin

There was this girl - no, a lady -no, a vision to my teenaged eyes -Yes, who seemed to walk on her own cloud. She was in her own world.

I would see her float by our house, her long coat, long long hair swaying in the breeze, her mind in thought or deep concentration, books held up to her chest.

"Wow. There goes Cathy!"

Sometimes I would run out of the house and catch up to her and try to think of something amusing to say. She would put up with me too. That's how gracious she was. She never let one down with a crash, just a lovely smile.

Later, I got to know her thoughts a little more in Cegep. We were all so sophisticated young men and women back then, discovering who and what we were -and were not, -by knocking our heads on things that life dished out.

Today she is in Toronto, a business woman, Editor of Motion Picture, Video and Telelvision,- Gemini Award winner no less.

She has maintained her focus, taken it to the next level, propels her ideals through the internet and her network and puts them forward, knowing that the six degrees of separation can be used to good and substantive ends.

Today Cathy is a person I am very pleased and proud to be associated with on a number of levels. She has been a good friend for more than 40 years. She is a model worth emulating.