Since being honorably discharged from the US Army in 1993, my brother Scott—to put it mildly—has drifted between a range of ambitions (most lofty, some not) which have done little to add stability to his adult life.
This lack of direction (at age 37) was becoming a real concern to my family as Scott grew older, and his goals continued to flame out. Sure, he wasn’t running drugs or shaking down seniors for their benefit checks – but 14 years of working crappy jobs in Chicago bars and restaurants seemed like a trend that wasn’t going to change.
However, this year has been different – after teaching himself the essentials of film and video production, Scott attended a local broadcasting school where nine months later--having graduated and named Most Outstanding Student by his classmates—he landed a part-time gig as a video editor at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago – the #3 broadcasting market in the nation.
Today, Scott called me on his way to the network to say he was signing off on his paperwork, and would begin his position soon – one that has potential to go full-time later on, and/or branch into all sorts of broadcasting corners (e.g. production, camera work, etc).
Outside of Scott’s combat service in the Gulf War (the first one), I could not be prouder of him now – and I know that somewhere our late father feels the same way.
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