I had the good fortune to be hired to teach math at my former Jr. High in Evanston, Skiles Jr. High. Our principal, Charlie Thomas, was a teacher I knew from Evanston High School. Math for 5th-8th graders was especially challenging from two viewpoints, the students were very active during class and the material, new math, even I didn't understand that well. While my teachings career was short lived, one year, the commitment of my fellow teachers to their students, the parents and their profession is awesome. From teaching I went into the family businesses, merchandising then real estate development.

Helga and I started dating while I was teaching, fell and stayed in love, raised three awesome daughters and are celebrating our 55th anniversary this year. In 2010 Helga experienced her third cancer, ovarian which was very aggressive. Chemotherapy was debilitating such that she was unable to stand on her feet, much less walk. So as time went on we took up walking together, looked at her Garmin and realized the benefits of stepping out and moving. Now we are on to our nations youth to share this program with them and provide them the tools to remind them of the benefits of stepping out and move ... forward into a better and healthier future.
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