The second half of my junior year I
went to Idaho to help my cousin who had a drinking problem (the first designated
driver). Back in Pomona for my senior year I commuted to Glendora High to get
away from the fighting. Shortly after graduating I left for a two year mission
for my church to Texas. Then I went to BYU where I received a degree in Finance
and married Lisa. We moved back to Pomona where I worked in accounting at GD and
had five kids. Our Middle son Matthew died of SIDS at 9 months and is buried in
Pomona. I continued my education at Cal Poly for an MBA. We moved to San Diego
where I transferred to SDSU. We had the American Dream my wife stayed home we
bought the Ponderosa=big home, acreage, a stream, did Little League, dance and
after work I coached swimming at the local High School with our kids.
Chapter 2
Lisa drifted, got addicted to the internet, had an internet romance and left.
Who knows "some say it could be my fault' Jimmy Buffet. We lost nearly
everything, our kids were mad at us, home gone, health gone, job gone. Time
passed.
Chapter 3
With the help of family friends and heaven, Time can heal most things.
Kids are back, Job is back, health is back, home is back and I met and married a
wonderful woman named Sue who was raising four of her own.
Life is good again.
Chapter 4
The kids are grown and doing well. I started the motorcycle shop of my dreams
and am in my second year
also I am in partnership with 2 engineers in an electronics firm we took from
Titan Corp.
Other than working too much things are good. Hope to retire in five years and
only work the bike shop. I do not get much time for bike riding now, soon I
hope.
July 2007
“We have moved to the Pacific Northwest between Port Angeles and
Sequim WA. We wanted to hit the reset button and slow things down a
bit.
I work as CFO of Armstrong Marine, we build Aluminum Welded
Catamarans. This is kinda pre-retirement and we enjoy the outdoors
here, surrounded by the Olympic mountains and Strait of Juan De
Fuca.
We are empty nesters but enjoy the kids and grand kids.
