Book of D: My Adult Accomplishments

In 2008, I was a district manager for a huge marketing / merchandising firm based out of Illinois. I was making $67,000 a year with stock options and nice yearly bonuses. I was managing over 120 employees in a district that circumvented a 500 mile range. The district spanned from west Texas, north including the entire Texas Panhandle just stopping short of the Tx / OK border, south as far as Del Rio over to Junction, east to Wichita Falls and Weatherford, west to El Paso/"El Chuco" (including Alpine, Marfa, and Presidio), and it included the entire state of New Mexico. I traveled the country training other district managers and regional managers, too. I even helped train a few execs in Troy, MI (suburb of Detroit) and would help the IT dept while learning to code. I was also awarded the District Manager of the Year. 

In 2009, for personal reasons, I semi-retired. I ventured into other careers. In 2011, I lost my beloved Mom / bestie to esophageal cancer and made a huge promise to her: I continued my college education because that's what I promised her. 

It's 2021 now, and I'm in grad school with the intention of becoming a counselor (LPC). I didn't begin this latest venture to allow anyone or anything to belittle everything I've ever accomplished nor to allow myself to be unappreciated for the myriad of badass things I've learned to do; nor to allow myself to be mistreated or disrespected. 

To those foolish/pithy enough to stand in my way, go ahead and try. I've lost so much in my lifetime, but I learned to survive. I've learned to crawl when my Achilles heal was torn apart. I learned to breathe when my heart failed me and my thyroid was removed. I learned to live after losing my Dad, Mom, and my nephew who was more like a son to me. I learned to begin a new career when my employer that once placed me on a pedestal turned on me because I placed my Mom's (and mine) health first and above their need for money. 

I have learned a lot out of life; moreover, I've learned compassion, love, and understanding. 

So, if others have a need to threaten me, stifle me, or overlook me, well, that's on them. They won't stop me.

I'm always on the lookout for new adventures and opportunities. I'm sometimes diffident, but never ignorant. I'll play the game as it requires, but I won't go beyond if the monies don't match it. I'll never succumb to inferiority, complacency, prejudice, narcissism, or hate.