WHEN SON #3 LOOKED LIKE A MAGGOT.

WHEN MY SON #3 WAS 14 HE WENT TO A SCHOOL ON THE COAST THAT HAD COMPUTERS AND HE BECAME ENTHRALLED WITH THEM.

 WE HAD BEEN LIVING IN A MAKESHIFT CABIN IN SONOMA COUNTY CLOSE TO THE OCEAN WHERE WE HAD 40 ACRES OF REDWOODS, SUGAR PINES,WILD STRAWBERRIES BLACKBERRIES  RASPBERRIES AND BELLY BUTTON BERRIES WHICH WE ATE A LOT OF. THE CABIN WE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP AFTER CLEARING A PLACE IN THE WOODS IN A HOLLOW BY A STREAM.

 WE NEVER QUITE FINISHED THE CABIN  BUT WE USED IT FOR MANY YEARS AFTER.

AT ANY RATE PT. ARENA HIGH SCHOOL HAD A GREAT STAFF AND THEY WERE UP TO THE DAY ONLINE AT THE TIME. THE KIDS RODE A BUS 1 HOUR EACH WAY TO THE SCHOOL WHICH WAS UP THE COAST FROM US.

WELL, WE HAD SOLD A HOME IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA AND THEY OWED US A NICE CHUNK OF CASH, SO WHEN THEY FINALLY PAID IT OFF WE OFFERED TO BUY OUR KIDS WHATEVER THEY WANTED . # 3 SON WANTED A COMPUTER AND WE GOT IT FOR HIM. THE HOUSE WE STILL HAD LEFT WAS DOWNTOWN AND IT HAD A BASEMENT APT WHICH MY #2 AND 3 SONS LIVED IN AND DAD AND BABY SISTER AND I LIVED UPSTAIRS .

WELL, SON # 3 TOOK HIS COMPUTER AND SET IT UP IN THE PANTRY WHICH WAS A NICE SIZE AND WE SELDOM SAW HIM AFTER THAT. THIS WONDERFUL SON GOT A JOB AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AT AGE 15 AND  WENT TO SCHOOL        AND GRADUATED IN TIME.

SON # 2 WENT TO  CITY COLLEGE AND SON # 3 ALSO WENT THERE AFTER HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL.

LATER HE WAS TO ASK IF HE COULD GO TO CHICO STARE COLLEGE AS THEY HAD A VERY GOOD COMPUTER PROGRAM THERE BUT DAD HAD RETIRED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT HIM LIVING AWAY FROM HOME. JUST MY Salary and a small pension DAD GOT  was all we had at this time.

BUT WE DID HAVE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO GO TO COLLEGE LOCALLY AND EVENTUALLY # 3 SON DECIDED TO GO INTO THE AIR FORCE AND #2 SON KEPT GOING TO COLLEGE.

DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN THE BALLET  AND #2  SON DECIDED TO TAKE LESSONS ALSO AS THEY WERE FREE FOR FAMILY AFTER PAYMENT FOR ONE MEMBER. THOSE TWO WERE INS SEVERAL BALLETS  FOR AWHILE. AND MOM TOOK LESSONS TOO.

WELL BACK TO #3 WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET WHERE HE COMPUTED HE LOOKED AS WHITE AS A MAGGOT SINCE HE SPENT VERY LITTLE TIME OUTDOORS.

HE CREATED GAMES AND PROGRAMS BY THE TONS  AND HE EVEN SOLD GAMES  SOMETIMES.

AND HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHAT WENT  ON IN THE COMPUTING CLOSET  BUT HE WAS A VERY BUSY YOUNG MAN. I'M GLAD WE COULD  DO THAT ONE THING FORE HIM I ONLY WISH I COULD HAVE SENT HIM TO CHICO STATE.

AMEN.