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If My Life Were a Book

If my life were a book, it’d have these chapters:

  1. Childhood in New Hampshire - Running around in the woods with my three brothers
  2. Move to Fort Wayne Indiana - Moved to Indiana when I was in 1st grade for two years
  3. Seguin Texas - Pecans, cows, and middle school in rural Texas
  4. Fredericksburg Texas - Football, track, and UIL in the hill country
  5. University of Texas - Studied BME with good friends (e.g., Yujan); met Tinsley
  6. Boston University - Started PhD in biomedical optics; decided I like software
  7. First Comes Love, then Comes Marriage - Married Tinsley in New Orleans
  8. Austin Round Two - Moved to Austin for a year; family challenges
  9. New York City - Moved to NYC with Best Friend Blayne; start reading a lot
  10. Philadelphia - Tinsley goes to Graduate School to become an NP
  11. New York City with a Baby - Move to the East Side; run marathons; have Eloise
  12. Austin Round Three - Felt guilty being far from family, then missed the city
  13. New York City For Good - Moved back and settling down; Eloise in PS6
  14. Accelerating Progress - Be a present dad; help medical device companies; Austin summers