“After I graduated high school, I started a skateboard company and helped sponsor kids here that deserved it. I helped some of them go on tour. “Then I had a daughter; she’s 2 now. Skateboarding is...
“The fact that I agreed to let you take my picture is a big deal. I guess I’ve always thought that I’m not very photogenic, so there are hardly any pictures of me anywhere. But I...
“We have a one-bedroom apartment with two dogs and four cats. Bo here is the newest. “I was at a job site, and he was covered in diesel, mud, oil and sewage. I drove back out...
“I came to visit because I hoped my daughter would listen to me. But I have never experienced in my whole life someone who is so blind, who cannot see. She is a different human being...
“He was born with a significant heart defect and has undergone three open-heart surgeries. Eventually he’s going to need a transplant, but right now they’re just trying to get this heart to last as long as...
“I’m definitely an animal and nature lover, and right here is an animal activist. She takes after me. “She draws pictures and posters about not killing for fur and stuff like that. She’s the most caring...
“I’ve faced many challenges, from divorces, to deaths, to you name it. But you just learn to keep your head up and keep going. It’s just life. Don’t let anything knock you down. Life takes turns,...
“It took us about seven years to have him. My wife had some issues with precancerous cells but, luckily, we were able to catch it all. Then it just took a while for her body to...
“I had been in the restaurant business since I was 16. Now that I’m out, I don’t have to work 70 hours a week anymore and I have holidays off. “Last year, I even got to...
“We met through school and have been best friends for 30 years. I guess we just get each other. We can understand each other. We like all the same things and do everything together. We cook,...
