Career choice goes astray because life happened
“I went to Texas A&M and got my degree in wildlife and fisheries sciences. I intended to be a fisheries biologist, but life had other ideas. “My dad passed away, so I ended up in the...
Category: Short Stories
Healthy lifestyle important to local ‘farmer’
“I like to call myself a horticulturist. But I guess that’s just a glorified way of saying farmer or gardener. I specialize in gourmet mushrooms. “I’ve converted a large room in my father’s house into a...
Native New Yorker likes ‘where I am now’
“I’m a native New Yorker. Lived there the first 40 years of my life. My friends liked to call me THE New Yorker. I lived that New York lifestyle. “It’s weird to think that I’m not...
No marriage, no children, no regrets
“I never married. No kids. I guess I was always open to the marriage thing, but I never wanted to be a parent. I don’t know why, really. I love kids. Maybe it goes back to...
Photography and skateboarding — it’s his dream
“My dad always wanted me to be a pro baseball player. It came pretty natural to me, and I was in select baseball growing up. But I decided to give it up heading into high school....
For lack of patience, she gave up on art
“I don’t draw as much as I used to, mostly because I can’t find the inspiration for it. Or I can get inspired, but my hands don’t seem to want to work with my brain. I...
Pokémon Go has them out of the house, exploring city
“Glynn and Mysti are team Mystic. Kristen and I are team Valor. We pretty much fit the Pokémon team stereotypes, the aggressive versus the thinkers. It’s all in fun, though. We try to meet up every...
Prison wolves, loneliness life-changing experience
“I’m not a violent person. It was just a bad situation that I misinterpreted. My anxiety level was so high it was unreal. I wasn’t sleeping. I had heart palpitations. I felt scared all the time....
Life after prison includes plenty of adjustments
“I was in an open setting for the last 10 to 15 years in prison. It’s like you’re living in a glass house. You do anything, everybody knows about it. There was absolutely no privacy. “That...
Mother, daughter enjoying life together
Sometimes, it’s the simple things in life. “We’re best friends. We spend a lot of time together. Our favorite trip was to New York City. It was just two Texas girls in the big city. We...
