BRUCE KITTLE

2019 has been some kind of year. I am looking back right now not so much because of the new year we all just went through, but also because I just celebrated my 61st birthday! I sit here at the end of this decade and now into the 2nd year of my “60’s” and am amazed at what all has transpired in my life and the lives of my family. This past year was a year in which I once again changed jobs, moved from Iowa, started a new graduate program and professional certification, and t

ALL IS POSSIBLE Darkness over the water With only the stars and fading moon greeting the waves breaking on the shore It starts in the silence of the night, almost unnoticeable But it has begun, darkness to light Revealing only the smallest of hints of what is to come A single radiant glow creeps above the sea line Just flickers of light teasing you of what is to come Black to blue, blue to pink, pink to orange The colors, while faint, offering a certainty of what is to come S

PRELUDE: A Happy New Year to all who may stumble across this and take the time to read it. We sit here just hours after the end of 2019, the end of another decade, and the start of this new year of 2020. Amazing that another 10 years have gone by. Thinking of the end of another decade in my life I pondered where I was 10 years ago and honestly things were pretty unsettled. I was 50 years old, about to turn 51, my mom had just passed away from cancer in later October of 2009 a