DANIEL DEVRIES:
CLASS OF 1971
Northview High SchoolClass of 1971
Grand rapids, MI
DANIEL's Story
This day (in Nov. 2007) I'm a Medical Practice Administrator living in Howell, MI and working out of Ann Arbor. I'm currently single although I have three grown daughters and seven grandchildren. In getting here I've done many things in many fields. More on that later. And I can be addressed at daniel3344 at gmail.com (concatenate yourself).
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Now I have a big gap to fill in. Over ten years! Still single (after being twice married and in more than a few relationships). Bought a used 18' boat and ran the heck out of it until I retired it in 2013. Moved to South Texas for a Medical Center Manager position. Moved back to Michigan less than a year later. In 2010 I had to go on Disability for Chronic Kidney Disease - Stage 4. Moved to Spring Lake, MI in early 2012 and as luck would have it I found a Nephrologist who adjusted my myriad of Rx medications and my diet to all be easier on my kidneys. Hallelujah! My CKD improved to the good end of Stage 3 and has been stable there ever since. Still won't ever get out of the woods but I'm not always looking over my shoulder at dialysis anymore. With a meager inheritance I received in 2017 I was able to get a decent truck and a new, bigger boat for Lake Michigan, then squirreled the rest away in investments. As an older boat, it was well within my budget and ...Expand for more
so I picked up a well-cared-for 24-foot cabin cruiser. I just love taking it out for several days at a time. I love being able to put up the top and side windows and be completely protected from the weather and yet I still have a frig and sink, a stove, a grill, a large cushy bed and a head with a shower. I kind of equate it with a small motorhome that sleeps six. There's enough room for 10 on board if sleeping isn't an issue.
So to help with fun money, and not kill my Social Security Disability Payments (and Medicare), retired ME got together with my RETIRED auto enthusiast neighbor(17 years my elder) and started an Ebay Store peddling his tens of thousands of vintage car parts. These are parts he'd collected over a lifetime in the auto body field and vintage car hobby. It's working out great for both of us. We both are enjoying the extra income and the business is a fun pursuit - NO pressure allowed. We ARE retired and we must remember that. Trouble is, I've been a self-employed business owner for more than half my professional life. Running a small business is a natural as... (fill in the blank).
There is still more to come. My count on Grandchildren has risen to 10, with the oldest graduating from high school next summer (2019). I'll keep adding to this blog whenever the mood gets me...
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