“Tara and I started visiting an assisted living facility that has a memory loss wing. The first time we went, a woman was sitting at a table by herself with a distant stare in her eyes. I introduced myself and Tara,...
“I had my dog, Zena, for years, but was wanting a second one. I didn’t have time when I was working. So as soon as I retired, I got Tara. I started volunteering with Emma’s Hugs at the medical center in...
“He likes to watch CNN, Fox, all those channels that talk politics. He said that helped him learn how our government system works.” “When I was becoming an American citizen, they made you learn history, how the government is set up,...
“I came to Baytown from Guanajuato, Mexico, when I was 18. I’m the oldest of 10 children, and I was the only one who came at the time. I didn’t speak English and I didn’t know anybody. But I was looking...
“Neither of my parents are college educated. My father only made it to third grade. But from an early age, he made sure that my sister and I knew the importance of a good education. “My dad always had his regular...
“I’ve accomplished a lot through air guitar. I was the first person to win with a country song and the first person to start an actual mosh pit in competition. And this year, I became the first person to play a...
“I was working at Best Buy, and we were doing an audit. It was my job to go through the DVD section to make sure everything was there. When I moved a shelf, I found a copy of ‘Air Guitar Nation.’...
“My husband asked me the other day, ‘At what point did you know that you wanted to be a teacher?’ I can’t remember any defining moment. It just seems like that’s all I ever wanted to be. “I was that child...
Allen Guy didn’t enjoy a storybook childhood. Early life chapters were filled with things like an absent father, exposure to drugs and an infant brother who died in his arms. As he got older, things didn’t get much easier.
“As a kid, I really enjoyed drawing. And I remember hearing my parents always say, ‘Oh, here’s our little architect.’ So I guess that stuck with me. Because when it was time to decide what I wanted to pursue I thought,...
