Our Military Life Journey: Lessons in Strength, Sacrifice, and Love
Our Military Life Journey: Lessons in Strength, Sacrifice, and Love I grew up in a family connected to the military, but I didn’t experience military life day to day. My father served in the Army at the end of World War II and returned to civilian life before I was born. Several relatives followed similar […]
Earning My Wings – My Year as a Pan Am Flight Attendant in New York City
It all started with an ad in the paper. I had been looking for a “real job” because I would graduate in a few months from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Then something stopped me in my tracks: Pan American World Airways — Now Hiring Flight Attendants. At the time, Pan Am […]
Evaluating What is Most Important to You and Making Choices for the Life You Want to Live
Evaluating What is Most Important to You and Making Choices for the Life You Want to Live Life really isn’t about what we have – it’s about what we choose. We don’t always think of it that way. It’s easy to believe that life just happens to us, that circumstances dictate what’s possible. But over […]
When Growing Up Was Simpler – in the 1970s and 1980s
It was different growing up in the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn’t just the clothes we wore, the music we listened to, or the absence of computers and cell phones. Life itself felt simpler. We spent most of our time outside. We rode our bikes everywhere. Neighborhood friends gathered for games like hide-and-seek, and summer […]