Cindy Mata:  

And a million years later, here I am. Mostly, I frequent Facebook. My profile there is Cindra Mata. Today, I am married to a really great guy, Joe. (arent we all married to really great people!) We celebrated our 20 wedding anniversary this past July (I think he must be a saint to have put up with me!). Together we have a son who is 18 and a senior in high school. I have a daughter who is 21 and my other daughter who is 31 lives there in Booneville. More on that maybe later. We are Christians. My husband is a much better Christian than I am, but I am a true work in progress. A great example of God's Grace! My husband and son have an Mixed Martial Arts Outreach Ministry. My husband was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame for Christian Martial Arts Instructor of the Year, this past July in Orlando, FL. We live in Weslaco, Texas. Just a few miles from the border of Mexico. I go there, 'just because I can'. We moved to Texas in 1991, lived 3 months in Donna, Texas, then 3 years in Houston, then back in Donna, and we have lived in Weslaco, for 6 years. I officially left Mississippi in November 1985, I joined the Army. Served 4 years. Fort Dix, NJ for Basic and AIT, then I spent a year in South Korea, at Camp Casey, about 10 or 15 miles from the DMZ. Then I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. Loved NC and would go back there any time! The joining of the Army is when I felt my life truly began. I grew up, or matured or whatever you want to call it, during that time. I found me. But the thing with me, when I finally found me, is that I was not that great and I had done a lot of stuff I was not necessarily proud of. But life goes on. So, 1985...no more drugs. The drinking was almost behind me. I did drink until I left Korea (honestly, if it were not for drinking, shopping and running, there would have been nothing else to do). So, when I left Korea, I l...Expand for more