Mark Meyers:  

For those who would like to connect: See the encrypted e-mail addr below. Apparently I can't see any of your messages without paying an annual fee. Here was my summary: Life surely takes us in funny directions, and makes it difficult to stay in touch sometimes. Having said that, here's a way to do that. Since the days of elementary and high school in Detroit, I finished college when most advisors in high school thought I was best suited for a career tending sheep. I did pretty well for a guy working full time and taking as many classes as I could afford each semester. It took me a little longer to graduate, but it was worth it. Somewhere during college I met my wife and we married a day, literally, before my graduation ceremonies at Oakland. There was no way I was going to miss that pomp and circumstance after having written that many checks to OU. I had a degree and a job waiting for me right after, courtesy of an OU professor, Frank Cardimen. Thanks Frank! Though our family moved out to Rochester just before high school graduation, my wife and I moved east to the booming metropolis of New Baltimore after the wedding. We moved once to get away from 900 square feet and one bathroom shared between 3 kids and 2 working parents. (One son, two daughters) My career took me from SecureData in Auburn Hills to Alexander Hamilton Life in Farmington, then on the road for 10 years with a software company called PeopleSoft. That took me to 7 countries and 37 states and I learned more in 10 years about people and culture than in all my other experiences through school and local employment. Please, please, get your own kids to travel and learn what they can. My wife continued to work for doctor's offices doing billing and office management, and I came off the road to work for Kelly Services in Troy. That lasted for only 3 years while a group of VP's who barely knew me put me on the chopping block when it came time to cut expense. Funny really when you think it will never...Expand for more