Candi MacAlpine:  

Well I was a troubled teen, living with my single mom and grandfather close to BHS. I transferred to BHS from North High my sophmore year. My mother was a teacher and an alcoholic so my home was very dysfunctional and I followed the path of pain in many arenas. If drugs had been readily available for the average kid I probably would have taken them but thank God I didn't fall into that place. I was just one of the kids looking for relevancy and acceptance and looking for the love of a father in all the wrong places. Paid a high price for those painful years. But in 1965 I met a wonderful man 12 years my senior and kind and loving and he asked me to marry him and I did and we have had a wonderful 47 years,so far, two wonderful daughters Stacy & Krissy and now 5 wonderful grandchildren and 2 awesome sons-in-laws. God chased after me and in 1971 I became a Christ follower and my life took a complete turnaround. I am now an ordained minister and teach, speak, etc in a lot of places and nations and a published author of 1 book "Take Back the Night" and working ...Expand for more