How Things Change
2008 has been a year of big change. Since this is the end of the year and I am feeling introspective, I will not begin to look at the macro changes around me. I could never encompass them all in my three paragraph format and I do not want to be angry all day at the lack of vision and lemming like behavior of my fellow countrymen. I want to focus on what made this year different and unique for me and my family.
The biggest change for me was changing jobs. I have spent 20 years in the automotive industry making everything from spark plugs, to engine mounts, to exhaust systems, chassis and engine components and plastic interior parts. The big three have been through several highs and lows during that time, each time driving more of their costs down to their suppliers while stepping up their expectations. The suppliers cried uncle several years ago. The big three finally fell to their knees this year. I managed to escape to the building products industry before the big three were humiliated and humbled by Congress. I will not miss the automotive world.
Other highlights for the year were my lovely wife finally coming into her own as an insurance rep. She has been slowly building her business and is now reaping the benefit of what she has planted. Most people hate dealing with life insurance because of how they have been treated or how they perceive insurance salesmen. There are a few honest ones out there.
My oldest daughter is graduating from high school this year. She is looking at a college in Midland, Michigan. My middle daughter went to three Jonas Brothers concerts this year. I do not see the attraction but I am not a teenage girl and it made her summer. My son's baseball team won the league championship and his voice finally started changing. It is still in the transition phase so we will find in 2009 how he will finally sound. I know that I could go on but I have already violated by format rules.
So as 2008 comes to an end, I am thankful for all of the gifts that the Lord has blessed us with. As I look toward the next year, it will bring the one thing that we have began to fear above all else; actual change.
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Cobb
The biggest change for me was changing jobs. I have spent 20 years in the automotive industry making everything from spark plugs, to engine mounts, to exhaust systems, chassis and engine components and plastic interior parts. The big three have been through several highs and lows during that time, each time driving more of their costs down to their suppliers while stepping up their expectations. The suppliers cried uncle several years ago. The big three finally fell to their knees this year. I managed to escape to the building products industry before the big three were humiliated and humbled by Congress. I will not miss the automotive world.
Other highlights for the year were my lovely wife finally coming into her own as an insurance rep. She has been slowly building her business and is now reaping the benefit of what she has planted. Most people hate dealing with life insurance because of how they have been treated or how they perceive insurance salesmen. There are a few honest ones out there.
My oldest daughter is graduating from high school this year. She is looking at a college in Midland, Michigan. My middle daughter went to three Jonas Brothers concerts this year. I do not see the attraction but I am not a teenage girl and it made her summer. My son's baseball team won the league championship and his voice finally started changing. It is still in the transition phase so we will find in 2009 how he will finally sound. I know that I could go on but I have already violated by format rules.
So as 2008 comes to an end, I am thankful for all of the gifts that the Lord has blessed us with. As I look toward the next year, it will bring the one thing that we have began to fear above all else; actual change.
Icool
Cobb
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