Mark's page

Hello..I'm Mark, from Louisville, Kentucky, USA. I reside in the very town I grew up in, which is either pathetic or poetic, or a bit of both...but I like it, it's home, and home is to be celebrated. My 47th year finds me the privileged Dad of 4 wonderful kiddoes, ages 5, 10, 16, and 19, and hubby to my incredible wife Sara. My job title is "Specialist In Cytotechnology". As to what a cytotechnologist is...I work with a Pathologist group in a hospital...I process and diagnose body fluids for possible cancer cells, as well as diagnose pap tests. Initially in college I was in business school, but lost my Mom when I was 19 to breast cancer, which propelled me into my field, which I feel is my calling. It can be very depressing too many times, but it is needed, and I again tomorrow would chose the same path if so presented. Perhaps my love for the arts and music and poetry are part of my need to offset the sad nature of my profession..who knows.
Okay..so why am I on Opera? Valid question.I had downloaded Opera as an altenative browser last year..and recently clicked on their Community page..then said basically, "Why not?" To be able to exchange...views...images..ideas... of someone else's world...halfway across the globe..is truly awesome.
Of prime importance to me nothing surpasses being "Dad". Some of the other things I value deeply...are Art (Impressionism. Baroque, Rococo, Surrealism)//Music..(MANY genres)..Solitude, Poetry, Introspection, Honesty, Laughter....and hopefully always realizing that each and every day is a gift..and that most people are well-intentioned good people.