RIP Kevin and Chris
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE In the year 2000, the Galatasaray soccer team reached the semifinals in the UEFA Cup. I was still living in the...
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Nov 9, 20238 min
The beautiful game and Joe's loss and his unimaginable pain
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO If you want to get a taste of what ignorance looks and feels like, read Ann Coulter’s 2014 article “America’s Favorite...
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Oz
Nov 8, 20232 min
Rock road
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE To my great joy, Melissa gathered up her courage and moved to Wichita to be with me in 2000. By this time, I was able...
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Oz
Nov 7, 20232 min
The attacks of September 11
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR I think everyone remembers where they were on September 11, 2001. I was still an active-duty member of the Air Force...
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Oz
Nov 7, 20232 min
Nakita Alexius of Wilhelm
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE Eventually, planes were permitted back into the sky and Melissa and I said our goodbyes to my family and headed back...
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Oz
Nov 6, 20233 min
Goodbye and thank you Wichita
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Four months before I was to be discharged from the Air Force, in December 2002, I graduated from Southwestern College...
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Oz
Nov 5, 20232 min
Home again
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN When Melissa and I were living in Wichita, we set up a program of financial planning and frugality. With our two...
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Oz
Nov 4, 20234 min
Take another shot of courage
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT It was 2004 and I was working in retail at Macy’s. My income was smaller than it had been in the military, but...
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Oz
Nov 3, 20239 min
On the road again
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE Deciding to pursue a nursing career in Missouri was a tough decision to make, as it could be a costly move and offered...
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Oz
Nov 2, 20234 min
Good friends are hard to find
CHAPTER FIFTY I was scheduled to graduate from my nursing program in August 2007. Med/Surg I and Med/Surg II were probably the most...
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