About Me

Writing an “about me” description has always bee a difficult thing to do for me. Of course, like any other human, I would like to brag about myself however, growing up in the ways of the French Canadian Yankee, you don’t, in fact, brag about yourself. Unless your a beyond middle aged car salesman trying to pick up a much younger woman at a bar, then you’re a meme. So here goes…the bragging, not the pick up lines.

I’ve had quite a few job titles over the course of the first half of my life:

• Kitchen Assistant
• Pirate Captain
• Cinderella’s Pumpkin Coach Driver
• Audio/Visual Coordinator
• Firefighter
• Funeral Director and Embalmer
• Fire Chief/Emergency Management Director
• Retiree
• Writer

Not to mention the most important titles of course: Husband, Dad and Grandfather.

The Details

I worked for a children’s theme park and an interactive New Hampshire history museum (owned by the same family) for over twelve years, working my way up from ride operator to Audio/Visual Coordinator. The last couple of years there, I joined my local fire department as an on call firefighter and fell in love with the fire service. So, when a full time position came up I applied and got the job. While working on the floor at the fire station, I started a part time job at a local funeral home. One thing led to another, I did an apprenticeship, got my funeral science degree and became a licensed funeral director and embalmer. At some point during this time, I also caught the writing bug. Unfortunately, not a lot of writing going on, more like sitting in my lair plotting the takeover of the known world. Think Dr. Evil, not Genghis Khan.

Now retired with over twenty five years in the fire service and still involved with it indirectly. I’m also working part time in the funeral service at the funeral home I started at over twenty years ago. As far as writing bug? Still got it. I may not go anywhere with it but, I’m really starting to enjoy the ride.

I don’t think anyone can really give a comprehensive description about themselves in a couple of paragraphs in the “About Me” section of a website. It doesn’t really tell the whole story of a person, just some of the highlights of a life, and even those highlights are perhaps defined by someone else more than we would like to admit. In any case, I’m still filling in the “About Me” section of my life and I sincerely hope that you are too.