It is
the hour before midnight, on the harsh, gray flat asphalt road along the
banks of one of the Great Lakes . A truck races by like a
shadow, the moon glowing behind a small house. The car swiftly goes on
by, the dim light from the fogy night: --moon penetrating through the
fog onto the tuck and house, where a man is standing by the road; --
music is heard coming from the car, Rock & Roll, as this stranger
standing by the road, a man in a red plaid shirt, he stands erect, as if
he was Paul Bunion; standing in-between the road and the house as a
truck races by.
Chloe is 1 year old now and I am charged with the divine duty of
teaching her how to find her balance and courage. I am able to show her
that it's OK to dance and walk at the same time. Dad is 65 and as the
oldest daughter, I am also teaching him how to walk. They are not much
different really. One has been exposed to the storms of life and
withered them like a champion. The other is just starting to learn about
the ups and downs of living.
I
would like to speak directly to you, the reader. Learning to walk again
can be used as a reference point at any time in your life when you feel
overwhelmed with the sting of your environment, beaten down with the
storms of life or simply afraid to journey into brand new areas.
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Technology has solved the time problem. From your home you can
find a dealer, a car, fill out the paper work and haggle over the price.
All you have to do is punch a few keys on your computer. Job
4 is lift maintenance in Squaw Valley. Charles is the instructor who
will give David a run for his money. They will be testing and running
the lifts to ensure safety of all skiers. Charles is engaged and hopes
to go to Europe to ski on his honeymoon. David looks familiar to Charles
with his Joe Dirt hair and glasses. Charles keeps looking at David and
tells a fellow employee that he believes that David is Andy Wirth. With
his cover blown, Andy finds out that Charles and his crew are under
appreciated. They must be there without lunch or breaks to keep the
equipment running and cannot rest until it is operating safely.
My mother and father enjoyed much of their leisure time with
drive in movies, watching TV shows such as MASH, All in the Family,
Dukes of Hazard, and Andy Griffith. They enjoyed the music of Merle
Haggard, Freddy Hart and Conway Twitty. Lastly, they enjoyed fast cars
as well as many people did in the seventies. Drag racing was a fun event
for both my mother and my father. In the seventies my father owned a
1972 Ford Galaxy 500, 1970 Road Runner, 1973 Ranchero, and a 1976
buy truck mn. The cost of a new
vehicle was around $6000. Over all, the most rememberable event for my
mother in the seventies was in 1977 when Elvis Presley died. Skip: "Yes, yes, I saw
him! D' did you? He was by the trees, or was it in front of the
house...? No, by the road; gee, maybe it was both, he seemed to be in
both locations at once. A shadow effect I suppose." . Outdoor Bob, needed a truck
to go to work. Linda went with Bob to the local Ford dealer and bought a
new Ford pickup. Linda had the credit so the loan was in her name. About
six months later, Bob started to stop off on Friday at the local saloon
to cash his paycheck. Sure enough, there was a dart board there and a
few of the guys started tossing darts for beers. Bob was pretty good and
they invited him to be on the local dart team. Remember: be
prepared, have an agenda and keep focused on the discussion at hand.
Involve everyone from partners to associates to staff and keep an open
mind to marketing ideas, plans and needs. But most of all... make it a
true priority to institute those strategies when the retreat
ends.