first box was moved into our new house,” Jody said, “I had
made up my mind. I was going to be a park ranger.”
It may come as no surprise that a financial analyst does
not have the credentials necessary to be a park ranger. So
for the whole year after Jody made the decision to become a
ranger, he worked at a bank during the day and went to
school at night. This fact remained a secret at his day job
until twelve months later when his dream came true. “I
traded in my shirt and tie for the badge and flat hat,” he
recalled.
For a year, Jody worked in Spokane, driving home on
the weekends to be with his wife. After a year of being
apart, they finally sold their house and she joined him. At
the same time as this transition, they learned they were
going to be parents. Little did he know this little piece of
news would one day affect his dream of being a park
ranger.
How Was Your Day?
Last week, I was overseas. In a few days, I’ll be in San
Francisco. But for now, I’m home, making the most of
being in Nashville, the city I moved to after touring as a
musician for a year. My life, it seems, is full of variety.
Every day I wake up to the sound of my two-year-old son
talking over the baby monitor. Some days he wakes up
crying, but today he’s a chatterbox.