Day 59 – Minnesota was amazing…

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  Day 59 – Minnesota was amazing… Minnesota, our second assignment, was a place of extremes in weather and terrain, but when you understand that, you adapt and make it work for you. Temperatures in the winter could get to 40 below zero at night with wind chill...

Day 58 – Back to Ohio for more training

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  Day 58 – Back to Ohio for more training… After 3 years of working in New York, those of us that were training together back in 1972-73, were asked to come back to Ohio for a year. It was sort of like a sabbatical year of no “field” responsibilities except that...

Day 56 – Somebody to take care of Mama

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  Day 56 – Somebody to take care of Mama… When Mama got divorced, it was hard on her. Yes, she got out of an abusive marriage, but in the 60s, divorce was still not acceptable to most people. Debby and I were still in high school, so raising two teenagers and...

Day 55 – Learning the balance

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Day 55 – Learning the balance of life… As I mentioned in an earlier writing, from the age of 12 I felt like I was going to have to be responsible for my own life. Mama was very kind and loving to me, but she was dealing with her own life of divorce from Daddy,...