Category: Decades

  • Decades: Don, Age 90

    Decades: Don, Age 90

    Don was in education for 40+ years, as a high school teacher, principal, and college professor. However, his education experience began in a one room rural elementary school, with no electricity and no running water!  He is a native Minnesotan who lives in St. Cloud.     Think of a specific time you felt joy.…

  • Decades: Libby, Age 84

    Decades: Libby, Age 84

    Libby worked as a speech therapist in the public schools for 38 years. During that time, she spent two years teaching at a military base in Germany. Although she never had any of her own, she absolutely loves kids.     1. Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and…

  • Decades: Zeynep, Age 70

    Decades: Zeynep, Age 70

    At seventy years old, Zeynep Aytaç is a mother, grandmother, and cat lover who lives in Istanbul. She was interviewed by her 14-year-old granddaughter, Selin, who recorded and translated her grandmother’s answers.   1. Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were you so happy in that moment?…

  • Decades: Smokey, Age 67

    Decades: Smokey, Age 67

    Smokey is a retired registered nurse who spent most of his career helping children and teens with mental health and chemical abuse issues. Retirement has freed him to restore cars, play with electronics, and attack projects long neglected.     1. Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were…

  • Decades: Andus, Age 57

    Decades: Andus, Age 57

    Andus is a cultural anthropologist who, after living in Turkey for sixteen years, has returned to his native Germany, where he is restoring an old half-timber house and watchtower in the city walls of Michelstadt.     Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were you so happy…

  • Decades: Koji, Age 46

    Decades: Koji, Age 46

    Born in Japan, Koji lives in New York City and manages copyrights for one of the largest musical theater catalogs in the world. [aesop_character img=”http://omightycrisis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/koji.jpg” name=”Koji” caption=”Koji was born in 1969, when Hirohito was the emperor of Japan, the Sumitomo Bank introduced Japan’s first ATM machine, and figure skater Midori Ito was born. As well,…

  • Decades: Marta, Age 37

    Decades: Marta, Age 37

    Marta is a mother and writer living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.     Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were you so happy in that moment? This gets me back seven years, to the day I got the news the script I was developing at the time…

  • Decades: Anna, Age 25

    Decades: Anna, Age 25

    Anna lives in Colorado, where she teaches kindergarten.     1. Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were you so happy in that moment? I get that warm, fuzzy feeling of joy frequently. As a kindergarten teacher, my students say and do some of the sweetest things.…

  • Decades: Milo & Cyrus, on the Cusp of 15

    Decades: Milo & Cyrus, on the Cusp of 15

    In the ninth grade, Cyrus and Milo are twins who live in Massachusetts.       1. Think of a specific time you felt joy. What was going on, and why were you so happy in that moment? This spring I was in a musical for my school, and I had a solo at the…

  • Decades: Emma, Age 10

    Decades: Emma, Age 10

    For the next few weeks, I’ll be running a series of blog posts, each one featuring a representative from a different decade of life. Each subject will respond to the same five questions. As readers, we get to consider in which ways the answers differ due to age and in which ways they differ due…