In fall 1984, a features writer at The Spokesman-Review fell in love with a Montana grizzly bear scientist she had interviewed for a story. The day she told then-editor Chris Peck that she was leaving to get married, my application arrived on Peck’s desk. After eight years away from Spokane, working at bigger newspapers in bigger cities, including USA Today in Washington, D.C., I was preparing to return home to Spokane to get married. Was there an opening? There was. And so, staring in January 1985, The Spokesman-Review became my work home, and my second family. Friday, I am leaving this wonderful newsroom and embarking on an “encore” career in health care/Rebecca Nappi, SR. More here.

Question: Do journalists become part of your lives?