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The Mickle family in their younger years
Your Mickle’s Worth
Season’s Greetings Everyone!
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving
and are now gearing up for Christmas and
then the start of a new year. This time of year
is always a blur for the Mickle family. Between
the holidays and two children’s birthdays, the
shopping for both and attempting to have some
quality family time, the days seem to go quickly.
It’s almost impossible to believe that Kyle will
be 24 and Kate will be 22. Matt just turned 19!
I’ve had the pleasure of documenting their lives
in the magazine. Truth be told, I’ve never been
a fan of cold weather. Even after more than 3
decades of calling the QC “home” I’m still not
accustomed to the cold. I guess my Oklahoma
blood is thin! Still, even with the cold weather,
I love what the season means. We start in
Mid-October celebrating our youngest child’s
birthday, then we move right in to November
and have a day to give thanks. I have much
to be thankful for. Our three kids have grown
into young adults that we not only love, but we
truly “like” them as well. They are kind-hearted,
respectful and devoted to family. I can’t ask for
much more.
When I think about moving here as a
young, single guy who planned to stay for 2
years and then move on to the next television
job, I can’t help but think of the knot in my
stomach when I left Oklahoma in the rearview
mirror and wondered if I would ever fit in as a
television news anchor in the Midwest. At that
4 December 2021 I QC Family Focus
point, I was only focused on my career. I never
dreamed I’d meet my wife here, buy a house in
the QC and then have all three Mickle children
born and raised here. The QC is an incredible
place to call home. Now, here’s the big news.
We call this “burying the lead” in the news
business. After all these years, there is another
big move on the horizon. What does it mean
for us? What will it mean for QC Family Focus?
Those questions and more will be answered in
an upcoming issue of QCFF! Stay tuned!
As always, thanks for your support!
Mike, Karen Kyle, Kate, Matt and Boomer