About

An old Christian Soldier who has something to say before he just fades away, and a wearer of many hats.

I have been a chemical engineer (master’s degree), army officer (Captain), maintenance troubleshooter, training manager, quality manager, safety director, and unemployed. I have experience in petrochemicals, nuclear, aerospace, environmental, steel, and aluminum. While I know a lot of technical stuff, I remember the people. My goal was always to improve their lives by helping in ways that I could. In that way, showing God’s Love.

I have taught Sunday school for many years, developing computer-based Bible courses and teaching from them in class. I taught the Video College of Biblical Knowledge (for about 15 years), naming it that whimsical name to avoid the pastor’s joke that it was the “adult video discussion class,” with the usual response of, “I bet!”

When I first wrote this about page, my wife and I were in fairly good health. She had a case of “moderate” aortic stenosis, and we both had thyroid issues and blood sugar issues, but pretty good for retired folk. But my wife also had less than 50% kidney function, far above any need for dialysis. Then a new doctor told her that the old doctor had neglected her heart. Maybe I was just too busy as a caregiver to notice my life had changed. About a year after starting this blog, I was taking care of an open-heart surgery patient. Then two years later, when my wife was supposed to be “better than she had been in years” she became very tired, unable to push a grocery cart through the store. She had end stage kidney failure. And then two and a half years later, she was gone. A lot of this comes out in posts as things changed in our lives. Caring for her was my life. I have since posted a biography (contained eighteen posts), and I am sure I could think of things that I missed. But as of writing this update, I am embarking on the next chapter of life. I have no idea what God has in store, but a few hours before my wife passed, not knowing that death was near, she said if she was no longer around, I would have more time to write.