Featured Story It Has Been A Rough Year
I am adding this additional chapter to my introduction, because after I initially wrote the introduction, it was very difficult to come back to it and try to make sense of all that I have experienced through the various stages of my life and the trials that I have endured or overcome. I wish ... |  [more] | | The Birth of Charles Leonard Wiggins
The story has already been written for awhile on my blog "From the heart of Praise, Prayer and Perseverance. 0; Here is a link to that posting, Below are the pictures of the blessed event.
http://fromthehea rt-dotwigg.blogsp ot.com/2008/03/an other-2-prayer-re quest-answered.ht ml |  [more] | Browse for more stories Charisma's Story > Chapters > Road Whore | Date Range: 01/01/1991 To 01/01/1992 |
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This is the first picture taken of me inside the airlock going into containment at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in MN. They were a little more lenient with taking pictures back then. I was pretending to control the airlock doors. At some point in time we need to enter containment with one door open at one time to maintain containment integrity and air pressure. Then at another point in time during the outage when the reactor is completely shut down we are able to open both doors for easier access. I was so concerned about my hair back then. I was wearing a skull cap but you can barely see it. We are supposed to tuck all our hair under the cap so we protect it from contamination. I don't care what I look like anymore when I'm at work. I think it's ridiculous to get all dolled up when I start dripping sweat and I'm wearing a hardhat and safety glasses. 19 and oh so young! | |