100 Posts - and counting...

Sorry about the recent lull.  We spent last week on a dive boat off of Palau and didn't have internet access of any sort.  On the plus side we did get to explore scenic Guam.  I have now briefly experienced the thrill of Guam - "Where America's day begins!"

For this post, I thought I'd do something a little different.  I never expected to make it to 100 posts, and it's close to the Holidays so it seems like a good time for something special.

This is me with my parents during a side trip while Jen was interviewing.

Dad served in Vietnam in the Navy and at several points during the trip I've found myself in places he visited, assuming visited is the correct word.  It's odd to think of him as a young man tooling around Guam or Hong Kong, and yet he's described Hong Kong as one of his favorite places.  It's even more disconcerting to realize that when he was my age I was already 8 years old.

Mom poured her heart and soul into raising me - from walks at Lake Atlanta when I was a little boy, to playing Railroad spell during the car rides across Arkansas and Texas, she always encouraged me to improve.  One of the more effective inducements was my choice of Star Wars figurine when I wrote out all of the numbers from 1 to 100 when I was 5 years old.  Let's just say I have an extensive collection, to this day.

Nature and nurture, these are the people who made me who I am.

Happy Holidays.