NOTE: I wrote and published this article last year (2021) and doubt that I can improve upon it. Only a few details have been changed. It was twenty-one years ago today -- 27 August 2001 -- that my mother passed away following a lengthy illness and problems with her medication. She died at home in … Continue reading Mom: 21 Years Gone
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What About Mark? #1: Birth (Part 1)
NOTE: This new series -- "What About Mark?" -- is inspired by a series I used on a previous blog -- "101 Things You Didn't Know About Me." That, in turn, came about from a lesson I taught during my first year or so in Thailand and was basically a list of tidbits about myself … Continue reading What About Mark? #1: Birth (Part 1)
Identity Crisis and Family History
Lately, I've been experiencing somewhat of an identity crisis. You see, I was adopted within a month of my birth in December 1965. I no longer have copies of the adoption papers or my birth certificate (and the latter is turning out to be as difficult to obtain as the former). I have never made … Continue reading Identity Crisis and Family History
Mark Joseph Jochim 