How We Met
Do you ever think about how different your life would have been if one single event had not occurred? Or of the reverse, that had one event occurred, how different … Continue Reading How We Met
How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 4
Just three years after I started my dream job, my manager was promoted into a new job in a different department and I was promoted to manager of the group … Continue Reading How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 4
How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 3
I worked really hard that first year to impress both my supervisor and the head of the clinical labs with the quality of my work. Unfortunately, I got a dose … Continue Reading How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 3
How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 2
While chemistry in high school is typically a one-year course, in college, it is broken down into four or more years of individual disciplines: inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, … Continue Reading How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 2
How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 1
As I approach retirement, I have been doing a lot more reflecting. And one of those reflections has been upon how I ever get started in this career in … Continue Reading How Do We Choose Our Career? – Part 1
Two Years!
Happy Birthday! It has been two years on February 9th since I published my first blog post. And since that day, I have been coming to you every Sunday morning … Continue Reading Two Years!
Mom & Dad’s Anniversary – 2015
It was just a year ago that I wrote about my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. But it was actually my own 35th anniversary this past December that got me recalling … Continue Reading Mom & Dad’s Anniversary – 2015
How Do You Celebrate New Year’s Eve?
Happy New Year! Do you have the problem that I have each year of trying to figure out how to celebrate bringing in the New Year? For such a significant … Continue Reading How Do You Celebrate New Year’s Eve?
Memory Ornaments – II
For a quick reminder of Memory Ornaments – I. I saved the category of extra special ornaments until after Christmas for reasons that will become apparent at the end of … Continue Reading Memory Ornaments – II
35th Wedding Anniversary
Tomorrow will be our 35th wedding anniversary. And while it will be a different anniversary, I can’t let the day go by without first paying a tribute to my wife … Continue Reading 35th Wedding Anniversary
Memory Ornaments – I
It’s no secret I love Christmas Magic. Soon after Thanksgiving each year, I look forward to all of the fun activities associated with the Christmas season. And I am a … Continue Reading Memory Ornaments – I
R
How many people can say they still have the first friend they ever made? Especially someone in his late 50s? And someone who has also lived in four different towns … Continue Reading R
Halloween Memories
With Halloween fast approaching and with me seeing many Halloween decorations in people’s yards, I have been recalling some memories of Halloween when our kids were growing up. Halloween was … Continue Reading Halloween Memories
Dad’s Birthday
Yesterday would have been my dad’s 88th birthday. But unlike my Mom who would celebrate her birthday for at least a week, I have very few memories of celebrating my … Continue Reading Dad’s Birthday
What Will We Be Known For? – Part 2
An even more important factor for which we are known is our relationships with others—who we are to our family, friends, and loved ones. And many of these relationships are … Continue Reading What Will We Be Known For? – Part 2
What Will We Be Known For? – Part 1
I have been thinking a lot about this question lately. Not that I have some grave premonition about my future, but that I have been giving some very serious thoughts … Continue Reading What Will We Be Known For? – Part 1
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