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A New Endeavor

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by
Michael Comfort
on December 1, 2008
in Family and Recent Events
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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!

A cat… and no mouse

Published
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Michael Comfort
on November 1, 2008
in Family and Recent Events
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Here’s a bit of family news… we’ve got a cat! Actu­ally it’s Alison’s new cat, but we are all def­i­nitely enjoy­ing it!

At our pump­kin carv­ing party, my brother Ken asked if any­body wanted a cat. His neigh­bor in Mil­waukie had been taking care of an aban­doned cat and was look­ing for a home for it. Usu­ally when any­body asks that ques­tion, the answer is quick and def­i­nite “No, Thanks!”

But the idea had been dis­cussed at our dinner table a few weeks prior to this, so we were open to the pos­si­bil­ity. Within a day or so, Alison decided the time was right. So the arrange­ments were made, and Ken and Tonya’s neigh­bors per­son­ally deliv­ered it out here to Dundee! This man and his wife have placed sev­eral res­cued cats in the Port­land area, and really care about their well-​being.

This cat (not named yet) is very friendly (unlike our last one!) and gets to be inside (also unlike our last one!).

A sign of good things!

Published
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Michael Comfort
on October 27, 2008
in Family and Recent Events
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Here’s Ian from Sign-​On installing the new sign this morning!

Ooo… great loca­tion! (Is that Coffee Cot­tage right across the street?)

Here’s Deanne! Poor girl, the sun was directly in her eyes, and all the people in the cars going by were watch­ing, but hey, it was a spe­cial moment to capture!