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…I felt I was making real progress. I was working just over two months with UPS, and the camaraderie was awesome. Everyone was a college student, and on our breaks we talked about what we did for fun. I informed them if I wasn’t fishing, or hiking, I would be playing tennis with friends. IContinue reading “A New Course”

… I traveled about 10 miles to get to the UPS loading hub which was next to the Detroit City Airport. My new work place. The city always held an industrial ambiance but on late nights, on the east side, one could always smell what seemed to be potato chips in the wind. The BetterContinue reading “The Night Shift”

…My summer session was ending and my friend had informed me she received a full-ride scholarship to the University of Denver. She was completing a degree in social work and wanted to work on her Master degree as well. I was happy for her but deep inside had hoped she would stay here. She hadContinue reading “The Next Phase”

…We found beverages in the student union and I apologized to my friend for not hearing what she was saying. She had invited me to a pool/house party over one of her friends and wanted to know if I could make it? It was tonight. I informed her I could and she gave me theContinue reading “The City”

..I was enjoying my tennis class and deciding what to do next as far as a job was concerned. I had played tennis with my brothers and father in some of the Detroit parks but my favorite, was Farwell park. That one was near my grandmothers house and always had something happening in it. TheyContinue reading “In This Realm”

. . ..Corinthians 14:33…. .It was going to be a great spring/summer break as I got ready for my nineteenth birthday. I decided to take care of one of my two physical education requirements and picked a beginners tennis class to satisfy one of them. I was not disappointed in doing so. Tennis as aContinue reading “Algorithms”

..”The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” Euclidean mathematics was not the way my life’s journey could be described. I had a tendency to bounce towards light. I felt more like Tigger than Winnie, and displayed an ever insatiable quest for knowledge. Looking back, I can only hope the fulfillment of myContinue reading “Trajectory”

.The company nurse seemed happy to see me. She asked how I was feeling, and I informed her I felt great. She had me sit on the end of an exam table while she checked my blood pressure, and listened to the pulse on my wrist with a stethoscope. She then put the stethoscope onContinue reading “My Path”

… 1 Samuel 16 : 7 …. . I was on cloud nine as I left campus. I aced my public speaking assignment, and my other class work loads I was on top of. I would actually get some sleep when I finally made it home. The ether gassing last night finally caught up withContinue reading “On A Roll”

… Hebrews 1: 1-4 … .Once I got home, I showered quickly, had an Instant Breakfast drink, grabbed my book bag and headed to campus. I went to the library to prepare for my first class, but instead of preparing for that class, I started thinking about what had happened to me in the factory.Continue reading “Space and Time”