by Mack Munro | | Growth
We began experiencing the Great Armadillo Invasion on our property in 2018. Before then, I’d seen a few squashed on the back roads leading to our property. But then we noticed trenches dug into our grass each morning. Armadillos feed at night, burrowing through the...
by Mack Munro | | Growth
I don’t know why I thought it was a good idea to make fun of Shawn Davolt. It was the summer of 1976, between sixth and seventh grade and my best friend at the time, Brian Griset decided to antagonize a big eight grader, Shawn Davolt. Davolt was big, quiet, and a...
by Mack Munro | | Growth
In February 1992, I was “voluntold” to do a presentation at a local elementary school for Children’s Dental Health Month. At the time, I was on active duty, stationed at Naval Hospital Long Beach. I was on the comeback trail, trying to improve my Navy career since,...
by Mack Munro | | Growth
21 Jan 1983 is a date I’ll always remember. 21 Jan was the day I went to the Military Enlistment Processing Station (MEPS) in Los Angeles to take a physical, fill out a mountain of paperwork, and finally swear into the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) of the United States...
by Mack Munro | | Growth
When I got the call in 1994, long distance from my mom while stationed on the island of Guam, I was crushed. Just a week before, my grandma had called me out of the blue for no reason. Just to say hello. And now my mom told me she was gone. Jean Stanczyk, who I...
by Mack Munro | | Growth
It’s 2:00pm on a sweltering afternoon in Columbus, Ohio and I feel nothing. And that bothers me. I’m winding down the process of getting our son checked in as a freshman at The Ohio State University. It’s an absolute circus. There are multiple lines to stand in,...
