Sharyn I remember several people, both friends and those in the church who commented on how I even physically looked different. I’m not sure how long the feeling lasted or how long my improved level of self confidence lasted, but I was always able to tap back into the feeling when things became difficult. Everyone should … Read more
It was an amazing day when I arrived. They had bunkhouses all over the property, very large fire pits for roasting marshmallows and logs surrounding the fire pit so we could sing around the fire while roasting marshmallows. The days went by in a blur. We ran, sang, played and had the most wonderful time. … Read more
I was 15, the typical age for a teenage girl to start feeling the pain of growing into a young woman with many questions about the world changing as she has known it. It is also the time when mother/daughter relationships will experience strain, if they haven’t already. My mother/daughter relationship left a lot to … Read more
I met Una White through one of my authors. We played phone tag for a month then we were supposed to meet but Una’s cell phone broke and it took another 6 weeks before we actually met. I invited her to meet me at the WIN 100th Anniversary of International Day in South San Francisco. … Read more
Imagine my surprise when I went to the Claremont Hotel in Oakland, Ca and walked down the hall to notice a picture from 1944 and both of my parents were in the picture. They are the couple on the right. My father joined the Navy to see the world. He had graduated from the Nurses … Read more
Daddy loved living in the middle of the forest . . . even though he had to work 3 jobs just to take care of us. After Daddy retired my parents decided to move back to Texas . . . it was less expensive to live. With what they were able to make off of … Read more
I’m a junkie . . . no really, I’m an info junkie. I love gathering information and then try to figure out how to make it useful. One of the only studies conducted by the IRS that I found interesting states that only 1 in 8 people do something to earn their income that they … Read more
The pieces finally fell into place. When we moved from Martinez to Lafayette the year before, I found a CIA application in one of Fred’s books. It was all filled out. When I asked him about it he just laughed it off and told me he had had it for a long time. He never … Read more
About a year later my girlfriend Peggy and I came home from a ski trip at Kirkwood because we got snowed out and decided to come back and go dancing at a popular single’s club. We were there only a few minutes when a very nice looking man asked me to dance. After we danced … Read more
I did everything I could do to work with the CPA remotely. But then he insisted I come into the office to sign the returns and as I had suspected, Fred was there waiting for me. Fred and I had never had a fight in the five years we were together. Although I had pushed … Read more