Chapters

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE In the year 2000, the Galatasaray soccer team reached the semifinals in the UEFA Cup. I was still living in the...

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...

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...

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...

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE Eventually, planes were permitted back into the sky and Melissa and I said our goodbyes to my family and headed back...

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Four months before I was to be discharged from the Air Force, in December 2002, I graduated from Southwestern College...

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN When Melissa and I were living in Wichita, we set up a program of financial planning and frugality. With our two...

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...

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...

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...