Jay Dosan

Proud husband and father of 4 young men. Eveleth MN native. Student of life. 27 years at TEKsystems.

[Dante @DanteTheDon]

Was not ready for Eric Church to deliver the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard.

Six guitar strings. Six pillars of a life.

Faith. Family. Spouse. Ambition. Community. You.

Tune them when you’re whole, not just when you’re broken.

Watch the whole thing.

[Army Hockey @ArmyWP_Hockey]

Congratulations to our Class of 2026 firsties who received their branch assignments last night!

We are so proud of all of you!

#GoArmy

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

Let’s all take notice, follow Raymond’s example and begin anew…Thanks Raymond for being bold by doing good…

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[SCTCC Baseball @SCTCCBaseball]

FINAL FROM BRAINERD

CLONES WIN 6-0

@dosan_griffin THROWS A NO HITTER WITH 9 STRIKEOUTS

Game 2 starts in 30 minutes

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@lamplighterpuck What a run!! Congrats to you all Tim

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@SCTCCBaseball Please drop in the link for the livestream

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@WilliamSpelts And a great example of how to defend The Michigan

[Let's Play Hockey @LetsPlay_Hockey]

Will Dosan with his second of the game on a rebound late in the second OT to lift @Cadets_hockey to the state tourney for the first time since 2021.

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@JeremyTate41 One of my favorite places on earth

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@WilliamSpelts @mnwild You hooking up a third TV to watch some classic Springsteen shows too?

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@MJHLPistons Congrats Coach!

[Army Hockey @ArmyWP_Hockey]

Thank you to Chief of Staff of the Army, General Randy A. George, for spending time with us during our visit to the Pentagon today!

GO ARMY 🪖🇺🇸

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@InterestingSTEM routine

[Army Hockey @ArmyWP_Hockey]

A great day yesterday as we hosted our annual season ticket holder BBQ/scrimmage - hockey season is right around the corner!

#GoArmy

[College Hockey News @chnews]

The Life of the Rileys ... A 75-Year Legacy and Immeasurable Contribution to College Hockey - https://t.co/lzUtBzmj8Y @ArmyWP_Hockey

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@SCTCCBaseball Good luck!

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Nick Saban referred to him as the Alabama "Head" Coach because he worked with players to reprogram their brains for success and performance.

He is Dr. Kevin Elko. In 2022, he was asked, "What's the one trait that all champions have?"

His answer was ONE word.

He said, "They're UNBREAKABLE."

He said, “You can't break them. They're unbreakable. They have a vision of themselves. They have a concept they believe about themselves and they'll do anything to protect it."

How do they get this way? They do 2 things:

1. They believe in themselves - Self-belief and self-confidence comes from within. Top performers have a vision of themselves, what they want, and they work to become that vision. He said, "They'll protect that vision. You won't crack them." Their drive and belief allow them to choose resilience even when challenges and obstacles get in their way.

2. They take ownership of themselves - They take ownership of their attitude, effort, and mindset through the standard that they set. It's important to create a standard and live to that standard because you build good habits from that standard. He said, “When your habits are powerful and they are effective, you start to win now. If you don't develop habits intentionally, you will develop the bad ones.”. Champions take ownership of their attitude, effort, and mindset.

“A good coach inspires, a great coach teaches habit.” - Dr. Kevin Elko
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[Army Hockey @ArmyWP_Hockey]

Thank you to LTG Jonathan P. Braga (USMA '91) for speaking with our group today!

LTG Braga is a former hockey player at West Point and currently serves as the commanding general of the United States Army Special Operations Command 🪖

#GoArmy

[Army Hockey @ArmyWP_Hockey]

Black Knights 🤝 Golden Knights

Grateful to host Bill Foley, @GoldenKnights and the @StanleyCup today!

#GoArmy

[Jay Dosan @JayDosan]

@duluthdds Where you staying? I’m at TI