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Deciding I didn't want to follow my parents to Italy in '79 Deciding to Enlist in the USAF with a six year enlistment that had a guaranteed retraining option Volunteering for Airborne Maintenance during retraining A fight that almost ended my USAF career; it ended up changing the direction of my life in a positive manner Pursuing a position at Det2 while in the USAF Upon retiring from the USAF, going against the grain and working for a Data Storage Manufacturer

I don't consider myself a lucky person.  I've thought about this subject many a time.  Most of the turns/twists in my life were thought out decisions.  However..... Three luckiest moments in my life were : - Working my part time job on the first day of May in1986. The love of my life walked in that night - Deciding to have our child when we did; Jessica is the result of that decision - My boss walking into my office in 1997 with two magazines in his hand. He put them in front of me and said "we need to look at these SAN and NAS technologies" I think what many of us perceive as luck or destiny , is actually the result of decisions we made that day or well before, that led to 'lucky moment'.  However, the three I mention above.... were pure luck for various reasons..

“Jeannie ... We had a great life!” When mom passed away, that’s the first thing I remember Dad saying to her. I was going to talk about that. How she lived their dream… her dream. How she and Dad met in California and within a few years, began to travel around the world. How she got to live in the tropics, and then in one of our most Northern states.  How she traveled to Asia and Europe and even lived in Italy. But what I believe mattered too her most was realizing her dream of moving back down South, being closer to her roots. She didn’t make it all the way back to her old stomping grounds, but close enough to visit whenever she chose. She was living her dream. She may have traveled the world but her home was down South. When Mom talked about Cousins and Aunts and Uncles she grew up with and still kept in contact with, she always had that soft sweet look in her eyes. She’d lost her dad when she was so young. Her mom when she was just starting HS. You would think that would...

Celia Jeanette (Kiker) Lossner Jean Lossner, 78 of Water Valley passed away Friday, Feb 22, 2013 at the Flo & Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held at St. Stephens Funeral Home in St. Stephens, Alabama on March 2 with Visitation on March 1. Jean was born and raised in Alabama. After graduating HS, she moved to California where she met her husband of 50+ years. After living in California for several years, they moved to the tropics living on the islands of Guam and Hawaii. Then northward to Minnesota where they lived multiple times over the years. From there she ventured out of the country to Italy for a few years with her family. Eventually, she realized her dream, back to her roots in the South retiring to Arkansas to enjoy for over twenty years. Born July 27, 1934 in Lamison, Alabama she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Celia (Brooks) Kiker. She was also preceded in death by her Daughter Cheryl England. She is survived by her...

I've always enjoyed it .   Always considered myself a content, happy person.   I believe for most of my life that I've been happier than most; at least if measured outwardly .   I remember back in my military days, a supervisor in the USAF actually cornered me and told me he thought I was  full of BS.   Nobody is this happy every day he told me.   That one still makes me shake my head; w ondered how many others shared that opinion. My whole life I've been aware that many people go through life without smiling.   Without laughter. Without truly enjoying each day. I've keyed on it for some reason.   I used to go out of my way to change the environment attempting to bring smiles and joy to the moments.   Somehow , I felt this was my mission.   Somewhere along the way I grew wary of it and minimized that behavior, but it's still there in me. Whether it be while traveling in a vehicle, or at an airport , or a mall, I've always ...