Ethan’s Journey

Today is Paul and my 26 th year wedding anniversary. I did a Google search on the number of couples that stay married for 25 years. 40% was the answer. That seemed high to me…but if it’s on the internet, it must be true. I had an early morning interview to conduct, then I had a presentation to do virtually to tech students in a school in Texas. As I was getting ready to present, a technical issue happened and I was without ALL of my notes. CRAP! I had a quick talk with myself….”Self! Looks like we are doing this on the fly…..Best of luck.” With that I started the presentation. Overall, I feel the hour long presentation went pretty well. I feel it was played off well that I had NO idea which slide was going to be next. My co-worker (and friend) that was on the presentation with me. I called her immediately after it ended. I asked if she could tell I didn’t have my notes. She shared that she had no idea that I didn’t have my notes. So I considered it a huge win. I achieved a status of “e...

 Ethan’s biopsy preliminary results came back as no rejection. We weren’t suspecting rejection so that we are grateful there were no curve balls there. We still have to wait a few days for final results. I have been reading up on terms used in the report to do a deeper dive into things. Not that I think I know better, just to be sure I am asking the right questions.  In our local news, there was a car that rear ended a delivery truck. I don’t know what happened, but the driver didn’t survive. I know car accidents happen every day, but this one stood out.  Maybe it stood out because I saw the picture. The car was crunched up. The man that passed away, his daughter wrote something in the comments of the news article. She is a young adult. Her world forever has changed today.  I stress to my kids all the time…slow down, pay attention because things can change in an instant. Showing up late and alive is always better than the alternative. Paul and I went to pick up a fre...