It has been recommended to me that I attempt to blog occasionally to relay some of the things I have experienced in my sojurn here, and talk about the major changes that I am now experiencing. This would likely benefit me mostly. But perhaps it might also bring to mind something in your life that you might have forgotten, or just left behind.

My big change began in May of 2008. My wife and I were trying to decide whether to move to Kansas City, where my job now had me spending most of my weeks. Coming home on weekends. We had worked hard since our marriage to get to a place of some security and were now basically there. But just when we began to wonder if moving away from basically everyone in our family, the economy crashed.. The company I had worked for since 92, had passed from its founder to a succession of conglomerates, each more financially at risk than the last. Now a company with 5 divisions. I held a position at "Corporate" helping to manage them all. The next buyout produced drastic changes and losses. Corporate positions were axed as the company was boiled down to its individual parts. I will admit I was stunned. The person chosen to head the new iteration was someone who had more than once, been nearly fired for malfeasence. (This finally caught up with him, but not before many others in this once fine organization had suffered). So I determined that I needed to take some time. Smell some roses, and decide how to start the next chapter. That lasted for two whole months, then with some other castoffs from the crashed company, I started a new venture. I have never had problems coming up with ways to make money providing goods and or services. My problem has always been knowing not who to trust, but who to not trust. Neither have I been afraid to risk all in the attempt to build an enterprise. Traits I inherited from my Dad. This is not a criticism. Nothing I have experienced, nor I expect he experienced, would make me change a thing. I am a happy person. Always able to be comfortable anytime around just about anyone, or anywhere. My material needs are few. I lack the necessary gene to be ruthless when business calls for it. So be it. All of my kids still speak to me. My grandchildren think I am pretty cool, ( I think)  My wife and I are enduring. So in the big picture, all is well.

Nothing, not  military service, two previous marriages, losing a couple small fortunes, or even losing my Dad, prepared me for the events that began in March of 2012. (Next installment coming soon)