With that deer-in-the-headlights look, I began my first day at a new job over five years ago. Twenty seven years at another job, and there I was starting over again.
My husband Jim and I had met at an online dating site. After a few failed attempts at other relationships, my brother opened up my world to this type of dating. Scary at first, it grew to be quite fun. There were a few others I met in the cyber world, but Jim was the special one. The one that could make me laugh.
I had left everything behind, brother, parents and old friends to pursue my new life with this man. We hadn't dated too long before deciding to marry. I found myself moving to a larger city, and a strange, fast-paced lifestyle that was foreign to me.
Oddly enough, I had practically grown up in a dental office, as I had begun my career as a dental assistant when I was only eighteen years old. There I was, forty six, and trembling at the thought of learning dreaded computer skills.
The former dental office had been quaint, old-fashioned with a rickety, old typewriter that had been my daily companion. Before me was a keyboard that didn't look anything like my dear old friend.
Patiently, my new boss, dear Kathy sat by my side, encouraging me every step of the way. She may never know the stomach pains which had gripped me in those first hours and days.
Soon enough, I realized the bulky monstrosity was so much more than the old, Royal typewriter I had left behind. It could do things I had only dreamed of.
Maybe this new, fast-paced lifestyle was something that could be embraced. Something to look forward to.
The stomach pains faded as the days flew by. Here it is, almost six years later. The big city has brought so much more into my world. Love, new friendships, a church family closer than anything I could have dreamed of. And not only has the office computer become my friend, but my boss Kathy has too.
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