Today is the first day I feel closer to being “retired”. My paid work/career was completed on March 31st. Almost 43 years of a career that was so good to me. Also, completed the task of cleaning out a friend’s home (with much help from family and friends), six months to the day of his death.
Today is a new day, a different start than we dreamed of. Yes, there will be travels, trips; yes, maybe an extra happy hour; saying yes to helping others. I had a few amazing career “angels”; decisions they made that allowed me to thrive. First, my Mom who was on my side when I insisted on going to UMO, the CMP Construction Engineering group and the Foster Wheeler Service group (worked summers and hired me for my first engineer’s job); from there Paul Gaboury, Paul Shipski, David Lawrence and Bruce Studley (all at SECI, mostly indirectly, more from their leadership); and Larry Bradley, definitely my career angel #1. Many co-workers helped me through my engineering and management growth, so many lessons along my journey at SJRPP/JEA in addition to Larry: Bob LeMay, Marty Lee, Jim Read, Bill Hiers, Jay Worley, Paul Smith and Larry Pinkstaff along with my favorite accountant Barbara Whitaker. My last job for the past six years (APTIM), I was grateful a second time for Larry Bradley and Larry Pinkstaff: Gene Scott, Chuck Bursich, Stacy Pollock and Lona Hill. There were wonderful co-workers along the way, too many to name, but all fondly remembered. I made mistakes and was not the most mature person in my early years. Many ups and downs. Always with my husband Ford by my side for the past 39 of those years.❤️
Enjoy each day, do what you can and always call home to Mom.
Today is a new day, a different start than we dreamed of. Yes, there will be travels, trips; yes, maybe an extra happy hour; saying yes to helping others. I had a few amazing career “angels”; decisions they made that allowed me to thrive. First, my Mom who was on my side when I insisted on going to UMO, the CMP Construction Engineering group and the Foster Wheeler Service group (worked summers and hired me for my first engineer’s job); from there Paul Gaboury, Paul Shipski, David Lawrence and Bruce Studley (all at SECI, mostly indirectly, more from their leadership); and Larry Bradley, definitely my career angel #1. Many co-workers helped me through my engineering and management growth, so many lessons along my journey at SJRPP/JEA in addition to Larry: Bob LeMay, Marty Lee, Jim Read, Bill Hiers, Jay Worley, Paul Smith and Larry Pinkstaff along with my favorite accountant Barbara Whitaker. My last job for the past six years (APTIM), I was grateful a second time for Larry Bradley and Larry Pinkstaff: Gene Scott, Chuck Bursich, Stacy Pollock and Lona Hill. There were wonderful co-workers along the way, too many to name, but all fondly remembered. I made mistakes and was not the most mature person in my early years. Many ups and downs. Always with my husband Ford by my side for the past 39 of those years.❤️
Enjoy each day, do what you can and always call home to Mom.
Comments:
Paul Davis It was a pleasure to work with you. Congratulations!!
AC: Thank you for all you did to help my career. You made a tremendous impact on many lives.
Bob Gher Enjoy your FULL retirement.
Lynn Shipley Congratulations! All the best to you and your family as you begin a new season of life!
Leisa Ashline Congratulations wishing you every joy in this next season of your life ♥️
Bruce Nicewander Sr. Enjoy it now remember you only go this world once make it easy
Steve Hayes Congratulations 👍🏼
Linda Hill Congrats 👏
Pam Davis Well deserved ! Let’s meet up soon and celebrate !🍷🎉
Brenda Labrecque Lafleur Congrats Alyson!! All the best to your new Chapter💕
Katie Schwartz Congratulations! Enjoy every minute!
Debbie Taylor Gum Congratulations 👏🎉 enjoy!
Ken Bendy Congratulations to you Alyson. Now you can come back and be our full time WPOA Secretary so i can retire
Laureen Delaney-Burke Congratulations to you! So happy for your chance to relax and enjoy life.
Robert Stanley Congratulations on your retirement. You definitely had a first class career
Rose Sutton Sweatland Congratulations! Great career and friends to look back on. Enjoy retirement and a little more free time (but watch out, it will fill in quickly).
Mike D'Avico Congrats Alyson, well deserved!
Donna Nitschke Musselwhite Congratulations Ford Alyson Cobb Morgan!!!!!!
Nancy Coats
Liz Haley Foster Congratulations! Enjoy your favorite things!
Tim Drury Alyson, You were one of my career angels along my journey, thank you for always being there. Congratulations 🍾 Happy Retirement !!!
Floyd Collins Congratulations Alyson….Enjoy your retirement!!!
Steve Kemp Congratulations!
Andrea Christie Congratulations! Enjoy!
Rick Kamakaena'okalani Creamer Congratulations! Enjoy it to the fullest, you have definitely earned it! 😎
Cherie Chapman So happy for you! This season of our lives is certainly an adventure!❤️
Cat Pmarie An accomplished career!! Congratulations!❤️
Kathy Kamradt Congratulations! Enjoy retirement!
Athena Tsengas Mann Congratulations!!! WOW… 43 years!! Enjoy the next phase in life! All the best to you and your family! 😘🙏🏼
Chris Emmons Enjoy your retirement!
Janice Gray Martin Congratulations 🎊, I look forward to hearing what your next adventures will be. 💕💕
Jan Morgan
Donna Crawford Gallion Congratulations
Cathy Moore Rangeo Congratulations. Retirement is great
Ruby Anderson Congratulations! Enjoy your retirement!!
Marilyn Ken Garner Congratulations! Enjoy your retirement every day! 🍾🥂
MC Cobbie Cobb Congratulations
Gary Kenny Congratulations, and I hope this will give you more opportunities to spend time at LSL!
Kathy Redmond Scalesse Congratulations. Retirement is what you make of it, just like life. I hope you have as much fun as we have been having!
Leaa Morgan Cruce Very proud. You championed female engineers back when they needed a serious role model! Congratulations on a career well served!
Nancy S Harrison Congratulations.
Margie A. Foye Congrats! 👍🏻👏🏼🎉. Enjoy. 🎉
Henry Angeli III Congrats! Alyson I’m also super thankful for you because you gave this kid fresh out of the Navy an opportunity at a career that I would work at for the next 11 years while getting a masters degree and eventually saving up enough to get into real estate which I now do full time. I’m super thankful for that opportunity that you gave me many years ago as we now own multi millions in real estate and have already built ourselves a retirement at such a young age. We are super thankful for you! We will need to catch up sometime for sure.
Jay Worley Finally, some rest and relaxation! What a great ride with a great team! It was so fun, in a serious world, which made power plant work - the best! Thanks Alyson for being an intregal part of my working life!!
Carl Cruce You followed your passion with intelligence and determination.
Nicole Hollaway Wilhelmy Congrats!! So happy for you! Love you.
Linda Weaver Congrats enjoy your retirement. I think I told you before but I wish I could have gotten to know you better at SJRPP.I looked up to you some what , because first of all you being a female with a civil engineer degree. It was like myself and the other 3 females that worked in Ash and the coal yard with all the rest males. Believe me they didn't cut us any slack. But we were proud of ourselves. Take care.
Kelly Purcell Happy Retirement!!
Roy JR Samples CONGRATULATION's ! Ms. Alyson... Glad you have reached the retirement milestone. It is time to Travel, kick back, and Enjoy All our LORD has made. I appreciated working for You. Take care and Be Safe !
Sarah Clarke Kleinhans You are amazing!!!
Joan Park-Ryan Congratulations Alyson🎉🎊💕
Aodh O'Conaill Well said. Nobody does it alone
Bill Skoolicas Congratulations!!
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