MyTurn/YourTurn: First Jobs
MyTurn: Sometimes I felt a bit like Casey Kasem. There I’d be, sitting in a small room on a Sunday night, playing songs and making love connections. “This next song goes out to Sonny from Jessica, who says she loves you very much and misses you. Here’s Whitney Houston with I Will Always Love You.”
I can’t image a better job for the teenage years than being a disc jockey! Somehow, I’d scored this awesome job where I got to play music, read the news and weather, and basically be a very, very minor celebrity. My usual shift was Sunday nights from six to midnight, with two hours of that hosting Sunday Night Dedications. Listeners could either call in their dedications or they could mail them in. Since this was in pre-email days, I would sift through enveloped full of 14-year-old-girl handwriting, scanning the lists of late 80’s and early 90’s hits that best expressed their feelings.
I’m thankful that I avoided fast food jobs. Don’t worry though, I paid my dues for a couple of years as a grocery store bag boy before landing my fabulous mass media gig.
YourTurn: What were some of your first jobs? Did you enjoy them?
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In Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, the central character dies an early death. Emily is given the chance to revisit a day of her life and is advised by those in the afterlife to pick an ordinary day, warning her that she might be overcome otherwise. Still, Emily is overwhelmed with emotion as she recognizes how wonderful the everyday details of her existence were. Her daily routine takes on new significance now that it is gone. Through her tears, she asks:
Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it– every, every minute?
With this blog, I am trying to fully “realize” my life by documenting the things that I love. I want to appreciate and examine my past and present, as well as plan actively for the future.
I hope to accentuate the positive in my life and in the world around me, with the hope that by focusing on the positive, I will draw more positive elements into my life. Or, at least, realize all of the blessings that I do have.
Bob, the author of this blog, is a 33 year old husband, father, son, teacher, Christian, and liberal.
