Ep. 02 - Story Time
In this episode, Neal and Amie take a deep dive into their childhoods. N+A talk homes they have lived in. N+A talk Way Finder and N+A’s mission to help others. N+A go in depth telling stories of childhood, siblings, parents, and grandparents and their unique experiences as kids in military families. N+A discuss ENTJ - Commander personality traits. Amie discusses getting started in photography. Neal tells a story of a crucial turning point in his life. In between stories, hilarious banter ensues.
A Point in Time (1968) – Larry V. Zabel, Combat Artist, Vietnam War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynsMUsPAOw
Birth Order Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order
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[00:00:00] Neal introduces the episode and talks about the house his great, great grandpa built in the 1920’s that Neal and Amie live in today.
[00:01:12] Neal introduces Erik, and Erik briefly discusses his background
[00:01:48] Neal discusses the Way Finder idea, and Neal and Amie’s mission to help others
[00:03:31] Amie and Neal joke about Neal’s secret to getting your wife to clean the house
[00:05:57] Amie, the queen of metaphors, flexes her metaphorical muscles
[00:07:29] Amie begins discussing her background by diving into her childhood household and siblings
[00:08:12] Amie recalls discovering that her mom was pregnant as a fifteen-year-old, the birth order theory, and Myers Briggs ENTJ - Commander Personality traits
[00:18:24] Amie tells a funny story about cooking as newlyweds
[00:19:40] Neal discusses Amie’s extraordinary childhood home hand built by Amie’s father
[00:20:38] Amie talks about her mom and how Amie got her people skills from her
[00:21:13] Amie recalls the importance of family to her mother and father, a retired master sergeant in the USMC.
[00:22:34] Amie begins telling the story of her grandfather by recalling the experience of watching the movie Saving Private Ryan with her Papa, a veteran of three wars including World War II, and The Korean War.
[00:26:48] Amie discusses the importance of considering what shaped a person before passing judgement.
[00:31:08] Amie recalls growing up with her USMC papa and tells the story of playing Marine camp with Papa and her siblings.
[00:38:31] Amie tells the story of making a camera out of a Quaker Oatmeal box with her papa and getting started as a professional wedding photographer
[00:39:56] Amie, Neal, and Erik reflect on Amie’s artistic skill and the remodel of the Ewings restaurant
[00:41:38] Neal begins recalling his childhood and discusses how he and Amie both have pet allergies
[00:43:43] Neal recalls, as a child, his mom and dad telling him they were going to be divorced and the subsequent sudden and dramatic changes in his life and personality
[00:49:49] Neal tells the story of his life changing, turning point, “Head Shake,” moment as a college athlete who liked to party.
[00:57:13] Neal tells the story of his grandfather, Larry Zabel, a famous, eccentric, hip painter who served as a combat photographer and artist in The Vietnam War and later became a successful western artist. Neal’s grandfather Larry Zabel was the subject of the 1968 film “A Point in Time” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynsMUsPAOw
[01:07:16] Neal, Amie, and Erik wrap up the show
