Tag: writing
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Dinosaur Days
The first computer I had the opportunity to engage with was IBM’s gigantic storage for files system that required manually backing up daily. This process took about 45 minutes. I had just graduated high school and a company in town was looking for a data entry clerk to be trained. I applied and was the…
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To Nag & Nag & Nag
The thing I complain most about is my husband not finishing projects. At least, not on my time frame. You see, I am a person that has to be busy and my husband is the opposite. He knows how to relax, a little too much in my opinion. What he considers nagging, I consider doing…
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Goodness Prevails
The Lottery. People fantasize about winning it. People make lists of what they would do with the money if they should win. People buy ticket after ticket hoping to win. Then, reality hits and the dreams fall fast. I wonder if anybody ever really wins this and begin to think it is all a big…
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The Journey
We all have a journey and a story to go with it. All have detours they have made for many different reasons. A journey is an act of traveling from one place to the next. A detour is a long route taken from original path to avoid something or to visit something along the way.…
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Left Behind
Hands down the hardest decision I have ever had to make is one that I don’t like to talk about. There are several reasons for this, but the main being that even after 37 years that decision still brings pain. A close second is that I know people will judge me even though they have…