I recently started a new job. Like most new jobs, the first week was filled with orientation, unfamiliar faces, and the slow process of making an anonymous cubicle feel a little less anonymous. The top drawer in the cabinet under my desk became the natural place to keep my notebook. For the first few days, … Continue reading The Pen in the Drawer
Category: Remembrance
Essays written in memory of family, friends, and mentors who have passed on. These reflections preserve the stories and influence of those whose lives continue to shape the present through memory.
Requiescat in pace Jantzen Murrell Frazier
Yesterday, one of my 1st cousins, Jantzen Murrell Frazier, a US Army veteran who had survived two tours in Iraq, was killed while responding to a fire. He is survived by his wife, Leslie and four children, and his parents, Murrell and Debbie Frazier, and two grandmothers. Courtesy of WAAY TV, Huntsville, AL WAFF-TV: News, … Continue reading Requiescat in pace Jantzen Murrell Frazier
Remembering 9/11
Every generation has moments seared into their memories. For me, there are three: the Challenger explosion, the fall of the Berlin wall, and 11 September, 2001. The first two are just fuzzy recollections, but I still remember 9/11 well.On 11 September 2001, I was working for a company that rented trade show exhibit equipment, and … Continue reading Remembering 9/11
