My Blessings Hurt
Chris SommerShort Reflections on finding the joy in life's struggles... and sometimes vice versa
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The blessing of a uniform
This is a picture of the “Sommer men,” or at least that is how it was labeled on the back by the man in the middle. For a variety of reasons, this is the only professional picture ever taken of my father with the four people who would call...
The blessing of a puzzle
My mom loved puzzles. As a child it would not be uncommon for the tattered green card table to be brought up from the basement, legs unfolded, and placed on our back sunporch for the sole purpose of assembling a puzzle. Our South City home...
The blessing of a china cabinet
Our china cabinet has been sitting on the same wall in our dining room for the entire 22 years we have lived in our house, prominently containing a set of dishes that was my paternal grandmother’s. It was a freighted event when the china wa...
The blessing of a bridge
I once walked across a bridge… actually I crossed it twice.
While obtaining my undergraduate degree, I worked in downtown St. Louis as an intern at the corporate headquarters of a shoe retailer. The company had been in existence for 75 yea...
The blessing of a Dickies shirt
I have written before about the fact that I was blessed to have three good parents, including my step-dad, Paul. Paul owned a small sewer and drain cleaning business, the same one now owned and operated by my brother. And back when I was...
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Although currently a Head of Campus Wellness, Chris is also a decorated military veteran with 15 years of corporate experience. Chris and his wife of more than 20 years have two young-adult children.
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