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At 17

     I was listening to the radio today as I headed to Wal-Mart and I heard a song that I once identified with. "At 17" by Janis Iam.  It was a big song back in 1975 as I graduated high school. The verse said "At 17 I learned the truth, that love was meant for beauty queens, high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired". I laughed as I heard the song today.  I turned to Matt and said they ought to do a follow up song called "At 37", where you could really see what happened to those beauty queens and the high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and the retired.      I have my own thoughts and observations on this at seventeen I was so insecure. I was afraid to leave home. I was supposed to go to Romney, after high school. They said I could come and do some post graduate work. Get some skills I didn't get in high school such as typing, maybe improve my math skills ect.  It was a...

Its been awhile

      Its Been awhile since I took the time to blog. I love to blog, but I just kind of got bogged down with things to take the time to do this. Blogging has always been a way of sharing my thoughts, my concerns and even fears. Over the years I have took you through my journey in school, my journey's being without a job, the journey through my first time in radio through the present.  I can say that its been real, I guess sometimes too real for some.  I've always wanted to be transparent. I don't want to be one of the "fake" people as my sister calls them, they have a face for everybody. There was a song that Earth, Wind and Fire had out and the opening line said "Its funny that how you feel shows on your face", that me.      Matt had surgery number two back in January. They reversed the ileostomy. That was a journey that neither of us expected to have to take.  I think we are still shell shocked by it all. I am thankful for ...