Let's Introduce Ourselves Options

[wchamilton]

After all of the support, sympathy and help you all have given me the past several days I thought I'd pop in here and actually introduce myself.

*ahem*

My name is William Clay Hamilton, but I go by Clay. I'm 38 years old and live in Chenango Forks, New York, and I work at a hospital here doing technical support. I'm married and have been with my wife since we were in high school, which is going on 21 years. We have an 18-year old son who's about to start his third semester of college.

We've always had animals. We have two lab huskies (we call them purebred Huskadors) named Miya and Takoda, and until this past Sunday we had a Doberman/Shepard/?? mix named Winston (RIP). We also have two black cats named Angel and Nala, but they literally are so identical looking that you can't tell them apart.

In our spare time my wife and I are avid video game players and we like to watch movies and are avid readers. I also play a bit of bass guitar and fancy myself to be an amateur photographer... I'm also a huge military aviation nerd; my wife and I took a weekend trip to Washington DC in May to see The Blue Angels.

Here's a picture of us that was taken last year at Disneyland.



And here's a sample of some of the pictures I took at the airshow in May::

[moon_beam]

Hi, Cheryl, -- thank you so much for "introducing" yourself. Well, I guess I should tell you - - in my much younger years during the height of the "British Invasion" I, too, was a Beatles fan. I still am but on a different level - - as age has been added through the years. I still enjoy hearing their songs whenever they come on a radio I may be listening to - - find myself tapping my toes and nodding my head to the beat. I never was a "groupie" or a "screamer" - - I preferred to actually LISTEN to their music and learn the lyrics so that I could sing along rather than obscure their songs with screaming.

Best of luck in your upcoming education. When I graduated high school I worked for the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics Administration - - or whatever it's called these days - - in the lab where the seized drugs were brought in for &%^ysis. I typed the reports from the chemists, arranged the court appearances of the chemists when cases came to the court docket, filed, - - typical office slug stuff.

Keep us posted as to how things go, okay?

Hope life is treating you kindly, Cheryl.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[Cheryl83]

Hi, Cheryl, -- thank you so much for "introducing" yourself. Well, I guess I should tell you - - in my much younger years during the height of the "British Invasion" I, too, was a Beatles fan. I still am but on a different level - - as age has been added through the years. I still enjoy hearing their songs whenever they come on a radio I may be listening to - - find myself tapping my toes and nodding my head to the beat. I never was a "groupie" or a "screamer" - - I preferred to actually LISTEN to their music and learn the lyrics so that I could sing along rather than obscure their songs with screaming.

Best of luck in your upcoming education. When I graduated high school I worked for the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics Administration - - or whatever it's called these days - - in the lab where the seized drugs were brought in for &%^ysis. I typed the reports from the chemists, arranged the court appearances of the chemists when cases came to the court docket, filed, - - typical office slug stuff.

Keep us posted as to how things go, okay?

Hope life is treating you kindly, Cheryl.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Hi moon_beam, thanks for your kind words. I will keep you posted. With regards to the Beatles, I'm not a huge fan myself, though I do appreciate their music. When I think of the grief shared on this forum, I always think of the Beatles song "The Long and Winding Road" as this grief itself certainly is a long and winding road.

"The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to your door.

The wild and windy night
That the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for the day.
Why leave me standing here?
Let me know the way..."

Moon_beam, you and Noah are in my thoughts. Much love, Cheryl x