“I’m an angler education area chief for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. On weekends, I teach kids how to fish. “We had this land out on the river, and I turned it into a little private park. Church groups bring...
“If I could change one thing, it would be some people’s attitude toward the disabled. “I don’t think you should put a limit on a disabled person based on what you believe he or she can do. Each person is different....
“I love painting rocks. It’s basically all I think about all day long. I’ve been doing it almost a year now. I’ve probably done a few hundred. “I started with small rocks, and now I’m doing projects on bigger rocks. I...
“Dad was born and raised in Texas. After marrying our mother, who became pregnant with me, he got a job teaching high school science in Tula Rosa, New Mexico. It’s northwest of Cloudcroft (a village within Lincoln National Forest). They would...
“I’ve had an interest in electronics since I was very young. I just had an insatiable curiosity about how things worked when I was growing up. It evolved into computers, radios, TVs and things like that. “We had the old tube...
“By the time I was 21, I had my fourth child. I thought that was enough, so I wanted to get my tubes tied. But my doctor kept telling me, ‘You’re too young for that.’ Instead, he introduced me to Norplant,...
“When my oldest daughter was a teenager, she always thought she would adopt. Over the past three or four years their family has taken in about 12 foster kids. They adopted two little boys and will be adopting another little girl,...
“I’ve gone through some stuff people shouldn’t have to go through. I was abused for six years by my uncle and my cousins. The hardest thing about it was that I didn’t understand why I was the one getting hurt. Like...
“I’ve done a lot of volunteer work: homeless shelters, soup kitchens, all sorts of stuff. I worked with elderly people for a couple years. I’ve been involved with activities to assist kids. Just anything where I can help people. “One day,...
“I had just turned 16 and was living in Puerto Rico when my sister sent for me. She needed my help to take care of her baby boy. “New York was such a big culture change for me. I was crying...
