Lee Abisch:  

Life After MHS I attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison and graduated with a BS in Philosophy. There are only two things you can do with a Philosophy major: teach or go to law school. I attended Wayne State University Law School in Detroit for one year before running out of money and interest in that field. So, I had to find away to support myself and applied for a job with the City of Detroit and was assigned to the Detroit Housing Commission. I languished there for 35 of the last forty years. I have been a Housing Manager ever since (except for a 6-year stint as Executive Director of the Muskegon Heights, Michigan Housing Commission). I retired on March 2, 2005. The top-level administrators, who were all Mayoral appointees, neither knew nor cared about the intricacies of Low Income Public Housing nor the residents. I got along fine with the tenants, but my bosses made my life miserable. I got married in 1972 and had a daughter, Jeannine, the same year. We were divorced in 1975. In 1981, I got married to Claudia and have been in love ever since. Before we got married, she told me to always remember two things: she is always right and everything is always my fault. This has made our marriage infinitely smoother; I don’t have to think up excuses for anything. I just have to say that I’m sorry and I’ll try to do better next time. We have one son, born in September, 1984. He moved into his own apartment with a roommate and is holding down a good job. His employers and supervisors speak highly of him and his work performance. In March 2002 Claudia came down with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and was in intensive care for 5 months (not expected to live). She did survive the most horrible experience you can imagine but was left totally paralyzed, blind, unable to eat and incoherent. Most of the time she was in excruciating pain that even morphine wouldn’t relieve. I’d visit her every day after work and sit next to her bed and listen to her scream i...Expand for more