• Journal

    career moves while in college

    December 28, 2021 By Joy Lynn Clark After my job with the phone company I went through several positions quickly. Next was the Furrier that was cool but I just wasn’t that interested in fighting with these old ladies to make commissions. Some Nice business women were willing to allow me to sell them suits. On the other hand, all hell broke loose if I even attempted to sell a fur. So seriously on the, “fur floor” I could assist and tidy things up but I never got the commission. Since this job is mostly made of commission, I just didn’t make enough. Next, I did office work for a…

  • Watching

    The period of after school specials

    December 27, 2021 By Joy Lynn Clark Note: this is my third story today. I got my first. Pretty young. It was the sixth grade and I thought that I was very ill. I was watching a ton of after school specials and I thought that I had every illness and condition that teens and preteens could get. Depression, teen pregnancy, bulimia/anorexia, leukemia, sexual abuse, gangs, And a host of other things that I really had no idea about at this age. I told my mom that I wanted to model and she booked me a shoot with a professional photographer. I Didn’t bleed much at all but, somehow I…

  • Journal

    In the city

    By Joy Lynn Clark December 27, 2021 I moved out of my parents house at 18. On that very day. I was still in high school but I was 18 years old and a senior. My Besties’s mom let me move in. It was pretty cool there. By the end of the school year my friend and I cooked up a plan to move to Indianapolis. We took the four hour trip there a few times and looked at apartments. We eventually found a nice apartment community and took a look at the model. We liked it. We also looked in the Indianapolis papers for work. I figured that they…

  • Journal

    The Speakers

    By Joy Lynn Clark December 27, 2021 Today I would like to acknowledge the speakers. Throughout my life I have attended social programs, discussions, workshops, rallies and speaking engagements. I’ve had the privilege to hear some of the best speakers in the world. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing authors, poets, motivational speakers and, politicians. Some of the speakers I’ve had had the most wonderful stories. Nearly all of them had sermons, Excerpts from books, written speeches, poetry, and informational accounts. I have been both uplifted and motivated to take action.