No time to really talk now, but I offer you a diptych of myself in 1988 (directionless and morose) and 1992 (graduating with honors for Respiratory Care from CHS:CHRV). Lesson: Things can always change for the better. This is a lesson that I, and many people, learn continually.
![](https://cdn.artlung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/1988-with-amiga-dark.jpg)
![](https://cdn.artlung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/1992-as-joe-diploma-crop.jpg)