My parents were legal immigrants in the late 1920s. They met in language school in preparation to become integrated citizens. They did a lot of crossword puzzles to help gain multiple word meanings. Being bilingual, they had a large vocabulary could comprehend many ideas.
I was aborted vaginally shortly before the time of expected arrival. My mom and I were part of an experiment. The doctor told my parents they had found a new drug that induced labor. It worked great on dogs and rats. He wanted to be in the Catskill Mountains on Labor Day and he didn't want to be called into the Bronx to deliver me. He thought it was safe to use on humans. After 44 hours labor I was born, but quite blue. The doctor thought I would die soon as I was semi-comatose. I never nursed. My mom would gently waken me and feed me with a spoon. She worried she would have a vegetable on her hands, but I was alive. One day I smiled back at her. She vividly remembered that moment all her life.
I went to Lutheran Schools most of my life, graduating in 1951. I attended Lawrence Institute of Technology for two years. Afterwards I worked in a short run machine shop. I also worked as a draftsman. I attended Wayne State University at night and finally finished in Zoology at Michigan State University in 1962.
I met Lavina while taking courses at Wayne State University. She graduated with a teaching degree. We married on 23 June 1962. We had two children. June was born 21 March 1964. She was verbal and could say she was born on the vernal equinox. At 2 and half years old she could say those words. It was fun listening to her recite to the ladies at church. Karl was born on 12 February 1966. Lavina had flunked many students who started too young, and who were psychologically hurt. Thus she wanted me to plan ours to be born in the winter. That was simple because I understood the menstrual cycle before the head of the Endocrine and Reproduction Laboratory of MSU published it in July of 1974.
I worked in the Human Anatomy Department at MSU until 1968. My jobs were in the back room under the Professors and I embalmed humans of all ages, including the spontaneous abortions delivered at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. They were intact and did not look like the results of the induced abortions seen on pro-life vehicles.
Then I worked at Clark Equipment as a machinist, foreman, and later as the QA leader. The Company laid me off when they moved out of Michigan. We bought Ruth's Laundromat 1 July 1980. It was my wife's birthday, and she never thanked me once! We bought Coloma Cleaners in 1983, so I put my chemical and mechanical studies to work and never specifically used the college degree.
I re-tired at 65 and should be good for about 20 years with the new tires. I am about 74 years old and I still have time to start a new career. I want to be a responsible citizen and stop the murder of babies before abortion. That is primarily why I am active in politics.
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