Tag: training
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Writing Prompt:
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? As far as anywhere in the world. I have been happy with being in the exceptional country of America. There are places I would like to visit. Germany is one of those places in High School I would never have believed that it…
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The Army & Uncle Tom
Back at Fort Bliss, Texas the story continues… “for a red eye missile training, which is sort like aircraft locker downer or whatever you call it. It was a rocket, but it shot down airplanes. It was a heat signal device. I trained my pilots. I trained the leader for that and uh… on graduation…
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Listening to Uncle Tom
Interviewing Veterans was still a new experience for me. One of my teachers from high school gave a few of us a graduation gift. This gift wasn’t used for college it was used to have conversations and record them for posterity. This recorder was given to me at the perfect time and Grandpa knew that…
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More Heirlooms & Goosebumps
Over the years I have seen Grandma bring out little boxes that she has stowed items in. The insignia’s Grandpa wore on his service uniforms Dad brought them home from the house today. Everyone knows my interest in these things, but Dad is also showing his want for us to keep them in the family.…
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Dialysis
My Uncle’s course was set 5 years before he died. The evidence has shown that most people, but not all only make it a few years. Dialysis takes a lot of a person’s already vulnerable body. As part of a patient’s family, because we are going through the process a bit differently but nevertheless we…
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Lessons Learned
Why is it that it’s sometimes so difficult to be happy and energized as much as I want to be? Why do we do things for ourselves or for others and feel like it’s a burden? I took a job in a different field out of my wheel-house thinking it would be stable. Yet I…
Jewells of Thought 