Changes

Those who know us well are aware that we have undergone some major changes in our lives in the last few years. In addition to both of our children getting married, Forrest retired from his long time job with the City of Birmingham and is now  the Economic and Community Development Director for the City of Bessemer. On top of that, in the last year we decided to no longer publish the football recruiting publications that we have been doing for so long. Forrest has actually had time to enjoy this football season without football being so much work. It has been 25+ years since we have been able to say that. The "Football Recruiting Annual" was always on news stands in December and most of the sales occurred between then and the first week of February, so some people do not yet know that it is no longer being published. I get calls every day asking "When will the Recruiting Annual be  out?" or "I've been looking for weeks and can't find it, where can I get a copy?" Most of the people are very nice and say how much they have enjoyed it over the years, how they still have every copy that has been published for the last 20 years, or how much they are going to miss it. I think Forrest enjoyed doing the magazine, newsletters, radio shows, etc. but it was also a lot of work. We are enjoying a life that is a lot simpler now.