Proud of both the Men’s and Women’s USA Olympic Hockey team. This is both their third gold medal but this is the first time they both won gold medals in the same year 2026. USA! USA!! USA!!! GOLD
…The summer of 1976 was a great experience for me. I was able to reconnect with my family and friends. My younger brother even started working at the medical center as well and was working on obtaining a Surgical Technicians Certification from Mercy College while he worked as an orderly in the Emergency Room. We worked different shifts but I was told by his colleagues they enjoyed working with him. I would reconnect with him when I could and I did let him know I was proud of him getting into the Surgical Technician Program at Mercy College so fast. From what I heard, they only took those students with high aptitudes based on several different entrance exams and he obviously did well on them. My coworkers could not believe we were brothers. He was much taller, lean, blue eyes with blonde hair, and a personality to match his looks.
…The Nursing Supervisor of our ER, (a hardened Navy nurse) I believe was one of the positive influences in his life. Every time she saw me she made sure to tell me about him. I was even surprised to find out that by the end of the summer he had received his certification, and could begin working as a Surgical Technician in our Operating Rooms. I was even more astonished when he told me he was leaving the medical center and took a job with a leading manufacturer as a Modeler. I knew he had the skills to do just about anything he put his mind to, and I had a good feeling he was going to make a whole lot more money than what he was making at the medical center as a Surgical Technician. I was happy for him. I believe he had found his niche.
… He was really loved here in the short six months he worked at the Detroit Medical Center. I would be asked for updates on him almost daily. I had to let them know he was doing well and was even talking about getting married to his high school sweetheart. They were eventually married in 1977. After being married, he joined the Airforce and began raising his family in Yuba City, California. The years just seem to melt away looking back. They fold one into the other. But with all the celebrating and just having the time to see my family and friends the summer of 1976 meant a lot to me. It kept me grounded. I would be enrolling in my last two community college courses in the fall of 1976. After graduating with my Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, I would have to decide if the educational quest should continue, or did I need to choose another path. My Life’s Journey To Be Continued…………….
The Lenten Season has begun. After beginning to write in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, December 2020, this was my 130th vignette. I am taking a much needed sabbatical. Thank you to my many readers for following along. May God bless all of you. Stay grounded in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
MJ-Way 