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The Vicissitude
I was born in El Paso Texas in April of 1969. I attended two different elementary school there, the second one I attended from second through sixth grade. From age eleven through seventeen, I spent every summer on my cousin's ranch, sixty miles east of El Paso. When I was thirteen (1982) my father transferred to Phoenix Arizona where I complete my primary education.
At age eighteen, I married my first wife, which I had two daughters with. Ten years later she and I divorced and I met and had two children with a woman I never married. She and I split in 2002 and in 2003 I met my second wife. We married in the summer of 2004 and split in May of 2005. It was in late 2007 I met Cathy. She and I married in November of 2013. I knew the moment I met her that we would grow old together. It is now 2026 and we are very happy together.
Cathy always supported my dream to write this book. She encouraged me to explore my creativity and she tolerated the time this dream took from our time together.
I was raised with very strong Christian beliefs, however I have always been very open minded and believe in some things that some Christians refuse to believe because it is not in the bible. I have always believed that the universe is just too large for us to be here all alone. I am fascinated with UFOs all my life but I never was a fanatic about it.
I attended some college course and received some occupational certificates, but never earned a secondary level degree of any kind. In 1988 I was hired on with a large commercial airline which employed me until 1999. I resigned due to an injury which prevented me from continuing my job. I drove a school bus for one year and then was hired on as a computer network specialist for the same school district. I worked my way up to a Computer Tech I over the next five years and then gained employment with another school district as a Computer Tech III. I experienced some very tough times in 2013 and even though that is when Cathy and I married, I struggled with some depression.
While working for the Airline, I was elected to become a Union Representative. I worked my way up to a regional representative and held several other offices. During this time, I was required to write letters to airline management, government agencies, and other entities. While doing this I honed my writing skills.
In 2001 I started journaling and this assisted him with his writing skills. In 2006 I attended an Evanescence concert, and later ended up entering a contest in which a I submitted a concert review for the concert I attended. In 2007 I was chosen as the winner and was flown to Las Vegas to meet Amy Lee and the band and attend the concert. My concert review was published on dozens of the Band"s fan sites. This provided me much comfort and confidence in my writing as this occurred during the beginning stages of this book.
I had Evanescence playlists that I listened to while writing this book. Amy Lee's voice brought me tears and strong emptions when I needed them to write emotional scenes.
This book took me nearly two decades to write. I poured my heart into this book. At times, I would write a scene that brought me to tears. I would have to take a break and just cry. As I wrote the series, I grieved the loss of characters and the relationships that Don's character suffered. I often wrote Don as myself, emotions, empathy, loss, and pain. My hope is that with your empathy, you will suffer the same losses that Don did, for I know that I did, many times. I am sorry for any tears you may shed, but if you do, I am thankful you get the full experience I intended.
Thank you for being a fan. I pray you enjoy the book.
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