About Me

I am keeping personal details others out of my social media and blog posts by personal choice, unless they are something that has been cleared for me to post.  However, that does not apply to me being able to post factual and positive things about me from my post .. accomplishments and moments of joy and so on.  So, I am going to do a quick bio of some of those, because it is my blog and I can.  And, the day that social censorship requires me to not speak about my own life is the day I will be breaking social censorship.  But, I am not g oing to be posting anything recent or current in this blog post.. just foundational past.

In high school, I was a mutt in terms of interests.  I was on the Newspaper staff, yearbook photographer, basketball team, baseball team, Mathematics League, and won awards for fair exhibits, academic competitions in things like math and science and history and more.  I went to and won the Jr level science fair regionally twice in Environmental Science with a fair exhibit on recycled plastic.  I won an essay competition in the area.  And, outside of school I loved to do electronics experiments, build things, and explore the woods.  After high school and during college, I would join a modeling agency for a short time, and worked my way up to be concessionist, usher, usher trainer, and projectionist at AMC.  Oh.. during my high school years, I joined the National Guard and went to Basic Training between Jr and Sr years of high school and career training after high school in Artillery.  Afterwards, I would leave the military for a while and just financially survive.  In my 2nd year of college, I would join a fraturnity and be on the Intra Frat Council, was a leader of a student union board activities committee, and was a youth director at a church.

Then, skip forward a while, I joined the Army active duty for a few years.  During that time, I was elevated to be the 1st Sargent's driver and would win Soldier of the Month for one month and get a couple battalion coins and Army Achievement Medal.

Coming out of the military, My child had severe ADHD that was cuasing problems and social isolation for her, so I homeschooled her for 7 years.  I don't know that I would make the same choice, again, but it gave us a lot of time, together.  That part I wouldn't change.  When my youngest was born, my ex had a post partum psychotic break, and for two years I was pretty much the only parent caring for my baby, while managing household needs and finishing not only my bachelor degree but my Master's degree.. eventually with a short period of my schooling for Elementary Education for a while in between, as well.  I would get hired for the IRS and work in Boston for a while.  After that time, I got my first divorce and came back to Oklahoma, where my family was.  I would work at first at Dillards and manage their furniture department for a few years, before getting hired to work accounting at IBM.  During this time, my ex had another psychotic break tied to her mania, and I would have custody of both of my children for years in Tulsa, and I have so many great memories of my time with them in this place.  I would also run several 5k's, which is something that I believe I want to train to begin doing, again.  I would also write several books under my own name and a female penname that I picked, as I felt that women would not read romance written by a man.  I would also write several inspirational books over the years, as well. 

From there, I would go to Florida, where my child went to be back with her mom, until my child graduated from high school, and came back to Tulsa to be near my family and for work.  I will stop at that point, because it is a good listing of my past without disclosing much detail of anyone else.  I forget sometimes just how many things I have overcome in my past and just how awesome my life has been.  It will continue to be awesome in the days and years to come.