There once was a girl from
St. Francis,
a town in the north part of Kansas.
She had a BIG dream,
a small seed was sown,
and a Crop Art was born
out of flowers and stone.

She came to her friends with her brilliant idea.
We e-mailed and argued
but gave her our ear.

With heart and
determination
she forged on with her plan,
and the next thing we knew in our corner was Stan.

He is very well known for his unusual art
and he took to our cause, right from the start.

He promised an image that would make CRNA's proud,
and with the field in his scope, he set out with his plow.

The image began to form and the
dream to take place
then, out of the blue, dissension took on a new face

We worried about weather, the flights and delays.
If worry weren't rampant,
it would have found other ways.

There are those who have been negative
and tried to tear us apart,
but we went ahead with our plans held close in our hearts.

And that little girl from Kansas,
we all know her as Kim,
has kept her dream alive with her vigor and vim.

We will all meet together one weekfrom today
and proclaim to the world
what it is to be a CRNA!

To those on The List
who cannot make the journey,
we all travel for you
and don't want you to worry

You've been with us in spirit
and we'll drink to that fact,
and hold your prayers in our thoughts,
and that's not an act.

So let Kim's Dream become ours
as we all come together,
and hope that God agrees, cooperates, and gives us GOOD weather.

Caretta