There are some things about myself I don’t usually tell people when I first meet them. For example, I usually don’t start conversations with strangers by saying, “My name’s Derek. Did you know I [...]
August is a very tender time of year for me. The memory of one of the saddest events of my life is keenly offset by one of the most joyful ones. On August 13, 2009, my 15-year-old brother Jason [...]
By an impartial observer. By some stroke of luck, Derek was able to land an internship at PMA Media Group in March 2011. While he was there, he was assigned to write a variety of guest blog [...]
Sometimes, being Plan C isn’t so bad. Wednesday night at a family reunion in Timpanogos Lodge, Grandma Meibos told the gathered Meibos family about how she and Grandpa met more than sixty years [...]