TOM KELLY RUMOR MILL
I heard some news about out boy TK the other day and just thought I should share it with the Minnesota Twins Fan readers . . . .Word on the street is that TK is being recruited by some big name big dollar ball clubs to come back to coaching. He was offered a coaching job with the New York Yankees and he turned it down! He was also offered a job for the Chicago Cubbies and turned it down! TK, what is the deal?!?! He said he doesn't want to end up stressed out and dying of heart failure before his time. His brother died of a heart attack recently and I guess that really hit home for 'ol TK. I have to commend him for making that tough decision - I am sure he is not having any trouble putting food on his table, but he made a tough call to walk away from the dollar signs and the spotlights.

I can relate to good 'ol TK. *PERSONAL STORY* coming up here so if you only LOVE the Twins and baseball, you can totally stop reading. I, too, made that tough decision to walk away from dollar signs and the spotlight of corporate america management to join a small company as a peon. I had a great job for a major soft drink company managing million dollars of assets. The job was high visibility, high pay and yep, high stress. I loved it, but then I got married and my priorities began to change. I wanted to spend less time in my office and more time in my home.

My husband is in the Minnesota National Guard and he was on a state side deployment for two years. Internally, I kept feeling the fear of his eventual deployment overseas and how much time I had missed with him to spend time in my high profile corporate job. Then the clincher happened, a friend of his in the guard died while they were on deployment. The sadness in the dead soldier wifes eyes was too much for me - I dreaded being her. I knew that if I stayed on the path I was on, I would have so many regrets it would consume me. I made the tough choice and turned down yet another promotion, quit the corporate job and joined a small company as a customer service/marketing rep. Wow! What a change - yes, I can still feed my family, but I didn't want to end up like the other soldiers wife - just like TK doesn't want to end up like his brother. TK and I have had our day in the sun - now we can just chill and write in our blogs (-: