Author Archives: mjwayblog

…It was festive in the summer of 1976 at the Detroit Medical Center where I had decided to delay my school studies, no classes this summer, I wanted to enjoy what time I could spend with friends and family. In addition to our nation celebrating the bicentennial, Detroit was celebrating 275 years of being aContinue reading “Celebration”

… My new coworkers were glad to hear my story but still wondered why I chose to work here at the medical center. I had to explain what had happened in the factory and UPS. Also, how the chance encounter with a nursing student in the parking lot of a community college lead me here.Continue reading “The Learning Curve”

… It was an enjoyable whirlwind. That would best describe my last two years of high school. I asked my coworkers if I should continue with this story and they all shook their heads yes. I informed them that one of my friends was working at a Coney Island owned by the Keros family. TheyContinue reading “Graduation”

…I got to pick my classes and I wanted to make sure that all the required classes I needed for graduation were taken in my junior year. The only class I couldn’t take was a Government Civics class which had to be taken in the senior year. I was pumped and looking forward to goingContinue reading “My New School”

…I believed I was monopolizing the conversation. I wanted to know where my new coworkers were from, and what schools they attended. Two were brother and sister who grew up in the Brewster Douglas Projects across from the medical center. They were both graduates of Cass Technical High School, and premed majors at Wayne StateContinue reading “Realizing Their Dreams”

…The first Junior High School I attended was Hartsig Junior High and I hated it. The kids were spoiled brats, and they acted terrible towards anyone not from their group. I was from Detroit and that didn’t sit well with them. They were from the new neighborhoods that surrounded the General Motors Technological Campus, theyContinue reading “Good Vibes”

…My new friends wanted to know all about me and for the first time I realized I hadn’t ever really talked about myself in detail. They wanted to know where I grew up, where was my family, what schools I went to, what music did I like, and why I decided to work here? IContinue reading “The Sky’s The Limit”

…I thanked God every time I went to work. I felt I was really welcomed here. This is my home. I am working with people who are all doing the same thing I am doing, and loving it. This hospital was a large 1000 bed teaching facility spread over a number of buildings that wereContinue reading “Incredible”

…Before I punched out for the day, my last day of work with UPS, my boss made one last attempt to keep me employed with UPS, but I couldn’t accept his offer. He didn’t understand my reasoning. I was motivated to complete my degree requirements, and I found an employer who wants to help meContinue reading “Going Home”

…Pole town, on Detroit’s east side, was a real place for me growing up as a young child. I had fond memories of the relatives who loved me. They would tell me so in both the Polish and English languages trying to tickle me as I ran from their grasp. I remember the markets, theContinue reading “Midtown”