[Jewelry making - Article 00309] - Re: [Orchid] My apprenticeship...

[Daniel Hamilton]

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    I really appreciate the amount of supportive emails Ive received
    from fellow Orchidians. I am in. It really is amazing the amount of
    people in this world who do actually care about other human beings.
    The encouragement to keep on going and not let this bother me is
    overwhelming. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your kind
    words and advice. Its encouraging comments like in these emails that
    help me from getting totally depressed about this, as I felt it was
    my last chance, last hope, to learn. But I am seeing from the emails
    that I am wrong on that, this was just a bump in the road to success.
    I did learn some very important lessons in this short apprenticeship.
    So it was a good thing. And I am grateful for the time there. But I
    still just have to wonder if I am destine for theses things to happen
    to me. Have I been Jinx ever since I became disabled?? First
    disabled, then divorced, then broke and now this ? It sure hasnt be a
    wonderful time this past couple years, but it sure cant get much
    worse, can it?? 

    I want to let all of you who are concerned that I have put all my
    tools back in their places at my bench in my basement, and have
    already started to lay out a plan of action, so to speak. Im
    compiling a list of projects to start working on. I have been at this
    too long, and in no way am I giving up. Im on the final leg to get my
    Gemology Degree from GIA. I certainly dont want to let the thousands
    of dollars I had invested into that just go to waste. 

    But thanks to all of you here on Orchidians for showing me that
    there is a whole community of people in this world with the same
    interest, and who not only are willing to help with vital advice and
    guidance to other, but you genuinely care. That give me hope. 

Thank you Orchid, for everything!
Dan
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