Reading a book and the OJ case just came up, in a fiction book. Reminded me how that event was a big part in my life. NOT that the event was, what was going on IN MY LIFE , it just coincided with the OJ case.

In June of 1994 I was living and working in Southwest Michigan, WHFB was in Benton Harbor and we lived in Stevensville Twp., MI. The information highway was being built, but it was going slow. I found out on the morning of June 13, 1994 that there had been a murder and OJ’s name was involved somehow.

At the time my daughter was dealing with left over remnants of JRA, pain and testing were the norm. We had already made the decision to move, to move to Florida, that was not going well…

Imagine, October 3, 1995. The day that OJ was acquitted. What has taken place in that year and 4 months.

I found 2 partners. We bought a radio station in Ocala Florida. We moved the family to Ocala. My brother in law was in a jet ski accident, the Friday before Father’s Day 1995, and now was a quadriplegic.(Ironically we closed on the radio station the same day) I was about to turn 40, 4 days from then.

October 3, 1995

That day was quite remarkable in itself. I received a call at the office that the little chickens my daughter had bought for a project had got out and were running all around the porch behind our house. I went home from the office to take care of the situation, and did so, with A LOT of frustration. Somehow, while handling this chickadee caper, I locked myself out of the house with the keys inside. I figured out a way to crawl through a window and get back in, not an easy chore.

I decided to make some lunch and flipped on the TV, only ONE thing was on, OJ TRIAL. Verdict coming down, NOT GUILTY! I finished up lunch and needed to get back to the office. While stopped at the entrance/exit to our neighborhood, waiting to turn left, a car driven by a very young lady, crashed into the front of my white Toyota Camry. Destroyed! Nobody hurt, she was shook up and understandably so. We waited for her dad, the police and an ambulance to get there, she needed to be checked out, I was fine. I called my insurance company and the dealership that I was leasing the car from, I had it for less than a week. So this was my day.

Work

Chickadees

Locked out

Window crawling

OJ acquitted

Car crash

Like I said, the OJ Trial had a part of my life, just all in the timing…

So many years ago, and today as I write this, Trump is indicted … oh the irony or lack thereof…maybe that is a subject matter for another day. Sometimes it is just good to get your thoughts out and let them hover for a few moments…down the road, they will be forgotten just like so many other things AND people…

Be your best always,

Bob