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After a long count-​down, Deanne made a new start today!

The land­ing of the shut­tle Endeavor yes­ter­day reminded me of this draw­ing I did a few years ago of a space shut­tle launch. It struck me how this pic­ture cap­tures the start of Deanne’s new career, and what took place to make it happen:

• Many years of dream­ing, plan­ning, study, and expense
• The sup­port and encour­age­ment of many people (won­der­ful friends and family)

In case you hadn’t heard, Deanne got a full-​time job as a family ther­a­pist with an agency in Salem. This will move her much more quickly through the require­ments for being licensed, and it will also make it much easier to begin paying off the stu­dent loans! Her recently-​started pri­vate prac­tice in New­berg has been put on hold for the fore­see­able future. (We took the sign down at the office down­town in about 30 sec­onds last weekend!)

There will be unex­pected chal­lenges ahead, but it is sure to be reward­ing and sat­is­fy­ing for her. She is going to do well — I have been sure of that from the beginning!