I am back after a long hiatus from the site. I am glad to see a lot of familiar names still here! I am hoping that reading all these great works that people post will get some creative juices running again lol.

 

I am a father of 2, a daughter 20 and a son 19. I am the husband of a budding poet. I am so proud of her. I started my law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff when I was 22. I worked for 12 years and was hurt on the job and had to have back surgery which was not successful and I was forced to medically retire. My wife and I went through some very rough times with only her being able to work to support us. It took 3 long years to recover from the screwed up surgery and another 3 years of both of us working 2 jobs to pay the bills but we are now back on our feet. I just started working as a 9-1-1 police dispatcher in August of 2003 and although it's not my "chosen" field, it's as close as I can get to "police" work. It is rough listening to the calls and not being able to get out there and take care of it.