Transitions

I am allotted a full hour lunch break at work, and many days I've been using it for a brisk walk. This week I've discovered a walk I especially like ... a round trip of nearly 3 miles (which I'm doing in 51-52 minutes), down from the big hill on which the hospital is situated, east on Fuller (a main thoroughfare) to the North Campus of the University, and then up to the School of Music, where I earned my Master of Music degree (in choral conducting) in 1982, at the age of 25. This is a scenic walk, crossing the Huron River at one point, and then especially nice as it goes onto the paths of North Campus. And I like it, too, because it provides a kind of symbolic bridge between my new life and my old.











This has been a difficult transition, as all I had ever wanted to be from the age of 16 onwards was a college choir director. At least I got to do it for a few years! I earned my Doctor of Musical Arts degree (again, choral conducting) from Michigan State University in 1988 (age 31), and taught at southern Michigan's Olivet College until my May 1993 accident at the age of 36. But, with God's unfailing support, and the love and support of family and friends, I'm getting through it!