Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man

  I am proud of all of our children, our grandchildren, and we love them very much. All of them are good moral people and talented in some way or the other. My oldest boy Rob not only looks like my father but like him he is a great father himself. My father was a great father before he succumbed to mental illness. Rob, and his wife Lisa, have spent much time and money allowing their boys Robbie and Blaine to pursue their sports interests over the years. Just like Rob they are great athletes. Rob is very laid back and nothing seems to bother him. He has always seemed to have his head screwed on right and is very smart. He has a great sense of humor. I hate that he lives in Vero Beach Florida and I only get to see him a couple of times a year but he seems to be very happy. He is also a U.S. Navy veteran. Our daughter Misty is a survivor because she has been through a lot. I have worried much about her over the years. She has always been a stunningly beautiful girl. Misty could have ...

    We have been fortunate by having had the opportunity to travel so much over the course of our lives. In 2008 we took a vacation in Corpus Christi Texas and I finally got to see not only the Alamo, but where Sam Houston won Texas independence at the battle of San Jacinto. I can confirm here that the Alamo does not have a basement. There was, however; a restaurant across the street named The Basement. We also got to meet the father and sister of Salena in Corpus Christi. Her father gave us a tour of his recording studio and he was a really nice guy. There was also a Salena museum there at the recording studio. The recording studio and museum was in a bad part of town and about the only way that you could tell there was anything there was a painting of Salena on the side of the building that looked more like graffiti than anything.   In 2012 we were able to go back to Colorado Springs after 40 years. It was a dream come true for us because we enjoyed it so much when...