Thomas L Thomas:  

Life! School wasn't always everything in life to me... From 1960 on I made my own tracks in this world. I married in '63 and helped raise a daughter and son, divorced 20 years later. The best ever that come out of marriage was Deborah, now Deborah Safari with Mike and Steven (Steve) and Tomi. Deb was the first to bear the first grand Son, Cameron and first grand Daughter,Camilia. Not long after, Steve and Tomi allowed Macklin to join the group as my third grand child. I've traveled all over the USA, and some of the world including Europe.Most interesting and educational were Belgium,France,Germany and the wall in Berlin when it was there,Austria,Switzerland,Italy and Sicily, then later on downunder for 6 months to Australia, then over to New Zealand. Throw in a couple of Cruises and several trips to different areas of Mexico and the garden spots in the islands south east of Florida, I cannot seem to get enough of treking around the world. With six months in Australia ,an education with a capital E, I traveled the entire country during that time, learning all I could about the English and the history and culture of the Aboriginal past. The English were not a good lot just as our own government was not with the Indians of past. I have journals, pictures, audio and video of this tour that I am catogorizing into a book of interest, no title yet. In 2000 I attended Mardi Gras in Lafayette, Louisiana as I had for the previous 12-14 years and was introduced to Wanda, I nicknamed her Wendy, and This year we will be married. This has been a full glass, or a great life as it goes. I still have great health and continue to work. I enjoy traveling and writing some. Hope to write professionally soon as I am putting together my entire travels and future ones on line as my books to be. Wendy and I had been planning a trip to Mexico to top all the other trips and or vacations we enjoyed together while traveling there. We decided on Puerto Vallarta. Arriving during the fall in October of 2006, we had already prepared ourselves by corresponding with the hotel we would be staying in the greater City Center. The Las Palmas Hotel and Convention Center was, with many other businesses, hit hard by a Hurricane in 2002. Some of the area, including many hotels still show the severe strike this storm dumped on the entire coast from Vallarta up north to San Blas and beyond. The entire visit throughout the entire city and to San Blas was wonderful. We will take an extended trip again in the near future to visit new friends we met while enjoying the region. Arriving back home rested and ready to start working again, we were shocked on Halloween night, early Nov 1st with a emergency Phone call that Wendy's Son Matt had been killed by a drunk driver in Ruston Louisiana. The time was set at 12:00 a.m. (midnight). After attending the funeral and spending a few days to return to reality of what had happened, it was time to return home saddened by this senseless killing. UPDATE......Wendy is now in Lafayette Louisiana with one of her sons, while the other in Ruston with family, still ask why and how this could happen. The Trial date for the person that killed Matt is set for June 12, 2007. This is his second drunk driving citation with this one being one with death on his record. We can only wait till the entire story of his past and the present day is presented and see if the prosecution will get what they want, that being a Prison Sentence of at least 10 years. I will update as soon as the trial is finished and sentence is passed. UPDATE,UPDATE... Sentence was given on August 21,2007 and the Killer of Matt will spend 8,(Eight years) in one of the most well known, Angola, outside of New Orleans. Time will tell if he can handle this private club of the worst on earth, in the USA of course. He will enter these gates on October 15,2007. UPDATE:---------------------------------- WENDY WAS KILLED IN An AUTO ACCIDENT ON HER WAY HOME FROM SO. LOUISIANA TO RUSTON. I HAVE LOST MY LOVING SWEETHEART SO I WILL TRAVEL AND VISIT ALL THE COUNTRIES WE TALKED ABOUT AND TALK WITH HER AS I TRAVEL, AS IF SHE IS ALONG SIDE OF ME, OF WHICH I BELIEVE SHE IS. Traveled to Mexico again to Caretake a Ranch and Ranch Home in Chihuahua State near Copper Canyon, outside of "Yepachic" in the Mountains. I accepted ...Expand for more