Our people: Wearer of many hats

My name is Sara Williford, wearer of all the hats. I'm the adult services coordinator at Clovis-Carver Public Library, where I "make adulting fun again" with programs for the 18 and over crowd and families. I'm a member of Kiwanis of Clovis, NoonDay; you know us as the Pancake Day people. I'm a member of Clovis Community Chorus, I've performed with the Brickstreet Players Community Theatre, my friend Ruthann and I have brought the games for the local International TableTop Day event (board & card games) for the past several years and I'm always open to something new and fun in the community. I married my best friend, Kevin Poulin, last fall. It's an epic tale, spanning more than a decade of friendship, his mother's wedding ring, not quite elopement, not quite kidnapping of a minister and getting dressed in a McDonald's.

What would you do if you won $1 million?

If I had a million dollars, I'd buy a green dress. But not a real green dress; that's cruel. (Eh? Eh?)

Tell us about your pets:

Have you met our Wednesday and Pugsley? Precious little demons. Brother and sister, black cats, part lap cuddlers, part destroyer of worlds.

How did you meet your spouse?

Kevin and I met 11 and a half years ago. I'd transferred as a shift manager to Pizza Hut where Kevin was a server/team leader. As he says, he liked me being his boss so much he made it permanent. The man should get a CHAMPS card.

If you could have a super power, what would it be and why?

I'm a Wonder Woman. Not just because I wonder where my keys are with a frequency. Wonder Women get it done. I have a few fellow sisters here in town.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I STILL don't know what I want to be when I grow up! I've wanted to be a professional singer, a counselor, youth minister and teacher. I'm kinda living the dream, working in a library. I still want to be a Trans-Siberian Orchestra rawker babe. *rock step*snap*swish the hair*repeat* It could happen.

What are you reading?

For Page Turners Book Club (at the Library!): "Bridget Jones's Diary" by Helen Fielding. On the nightstand: "Gift of the Shaper" by D.L. Jennings. Ongoing: "Just a Geek" by Wil Wheaton. On the app: "The Book of Joy" by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams. On Kindle 1: The Hunger Games trilogy. On Kindle 2: "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. On audio: The Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers

What do you collect?

If you ask my husband, everything! I collect memories with accessories.

Do you have a celebrity crush?

For all the right reasons, Mike Rowe. You know, the "Dirty Jobs" guy. Have you heard him speak about the working man, and the importance of people who do the jobs we need done to keep the civilized world ... civil? Inspiring. Truly. Nor does it hurt he has this wicked sense of humor, the Superman shoulder, and my gosh, that voice.

And Gary Sinise, aka Lt. Dan. He has such an amazing heart for those in our Armed Forces. He spoke at an awards ceremony I attended with my sister, Patty, at Ft. Bliss; 'bout had me in tears. I highly recommend attending a Lt. Dan Band performance whenever possible.

Favorite quote?

"And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make." - The Beatles

I first saw that on the outside of a Hard Rock Café on a school trip in the eighth grade. I wrote it in marker on my bag on the bus ride home.

Tell us about your favorite hobby.

I picked up cross stitch again in high school and have had at least one project going ever since. Anyone can do it. People look at the patterns and say "I'd never have the patience for that." No way! It's calming, almost zen-like. It's pretty, it's art, it's expressive, and sometimes *shh* it's snark. It's my therapy. I have a couple large frame projects going at home and a portable project I can carry around almost all the time.

Story time: I started a Handmaid's Tale based pattern in July 2017; the book was the Page Turners read of the month. Then August happened. "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum." "Don't let the bastards grind you down." That project became my motto for the year. Bad things happened in life. In the stitch, mistakes were made, had to be taken out, stitch by stitch, and redone. That's life. Don't let life grind you down. We take the bad and work with it until it's good again.

Most of my stitch projects are gifts for others. There are a very few I've made for myself; they hang in a dress bag in my closet. This one is framed and hangs in tech services at the library.

- Compiled by Staff Writer Jamie Cushman