This was a previous link up and I am so late to the party, but am coming in late anyway!
Introductions and Jobs You've Had
My name is Marilyn and I am in my 50's living in Tennessee. I grew up in North Mississippi and attended Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. After college, I moved back to my hometown until I got married. I got married at Glacier National Park in 1998 and we moved to a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. We lived there 5 years and our first born daughter was born there. We moved to Memphis when she was 2 1/2 years old. A year later, we had our second daughter. They are almost 23 and 19 now.
When the girls were 9 and 13, we moved to Bogota, Colombia in South America. We lived there 3 years as missionaries. It was a great experience, but also hard at times as well. We met some wonderful people along the way though that I will treasure forever. After living there for 3 years, we moved back to Memphis and have been here for 7 years.
I began blogging 12 years ago. I do blog most weeks, but certainly not every day. I have taken a few breaks along the way as well. I am thankful for this community and love this space!
Here is a recap of past jobs I've had....(I can see pictures in my mind that were taken from some of these early jobs, but have no idea where they are. Most of this all happened way before cell phones became our cameras!).
High School - My very first job was working on Saturdays at a needlework store. I didn't work there too long. I then began working at the restaurant Golden Corral. I worked there for 2 years and it was a lot of fun with my co-workers.
College - Probably one of my funnest jobs ever, I was a tour guide at Graceland during my summers/Christmas breaks during college. I loved this job! It was long hours, but so much fun! I grew up an Elvis fan and still am. Elvis was my first concert, July 1976. That is always a fun fact to share!
After graduation - I majored in Aviation Management and have a Bachelors of Commercial Aviation. I began work with Delta Air Lines after college graduation, where I worked for a year and then our office was closed. This was pre-internet, so I was a reservations agent. Basically, you called me at Delta to book your trip in the 90's. When our office closed, I began working as a corporate travel agent. I did this until I had kids. I went back to work when we moved back to Memphis from North Carolina, but then stopped working after Brook was born.
For the next 9 years, I homeschooled my girls. Then we moved to Bogota.
After Bogota - When we came back to Memphis from Bogota, I went back to being a corporate travel agent. I was working full time until the pandemic when business travel came to a halt. It was the last to come back.
After pandemic - I began working at a non-profit 2 1/2 years ago. I am program director and we help families who have critically and chronically ill children with their non-medical needs. I also began working last fall for a company that books Lyfts for senior citizens in the Atlanta area. I currently work part time at both of these jobs. I love the flexibility they offer.
I am hopeful I have a lot of life left and will see where the road takes me from here. So much has changed in the last 10/5/3 years, so I have learned to be flexible, or should I say, always learning as it is ongoing. I am thankful for all of these opportunities the Lord has provided for me.
Thanks for reading along!
This was fun to read! I wonder if your college major is still a major? I have never heard of it (but then again, I don´t recall it back in the 90´s when I was in college and it was for sure a major since it´s what you studied!). Booking flights online has to be one of the biggest travel changes in the last thirty years or so. And you know I am impressed with your Graceland employment! If we make it to Memphis, hopefully you can give us some Graceland/ Elvis tour insider tips... Have a great Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo for a fellow DSU graduate! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Working at Graceland sounds like so much fun! That’s so cool that Elvis was your first concert. Gosh, I think mine was the Statler Brothers! 🙈🤣 Living and working in Columbia sounds so interesting. But your current jobs sound very interesting, too. I’m sure it feels great helping others and I know that has to bring you a lot of job satisfaction. Loved learning more about you!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have had a very interesting life. Thanks for sharing that here. Hubby and I took a group of teenagers to Memphis for an International Youth Convention back in the early to mid 90's. While there we took a tour of Graceland, I wonder if you might have been our tour guide. Wouldn't that be cool. Take care and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI loved hearing about your college major and previous jobs. It is so interesting how we start out with one career in mind and then change as we need to. My aunt also worked in reservations (For American) and she really had some crazy stories about calls she received. Now that we can do everything online, it's funny to think back to calling in to make flight reservations, order from catalogs etc. Hope you're having a good week!
ReplyDeleteThese are always so much fun to read! I love learning facts about people, and hearing about all they've done. You've led a full and fascinating life! I love that you worked at Graceland, and can see why that was your favorite. Can we still be friends when you find out I've never been there? I want to go so bad, though! I'd love to do that with you, because I feel like you could give me your own very personal tour. I also find your missionary work fascinating, but I also know that kind of thing can be trying as well. What a wonderful lifetime of memories and friends, though! Thanks for sharing your life with us; you are a blessing to us in so many ways!
ReplyDeleteThis was such a fun read; some thing I did know already but I love reading about the wide variety of jobs you've had. I feel like I pretty much have always worked in the same field... "something with kids and education."
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