David Brichford:  

July 2008 I've enjoyed reading others' 'stories', so I thought I'd write a little about myself. Well, hmm, little. That may be an understatement. It kind of got out hand! Life - A work in progress: Well, let me just begin with I was born at a very young age, to mixed parents, male and female, and... hmm, perhaps that's too far back. A do over; I've been married for almost 21 years to a wonderful woman and we have one child, a 15 year-old daughter that alternates from making us extremely proud of her musical, theatrical and academic achievements, to driving us absolutely bonkers. Guess that's her job as a teenager. Though honestly, I don't remember being near as problematic at that age. Could just be my failing memory. We live in Farmington Hills, an area that has always felt even more like home than Redford. Odd that. I've a great many hobbies, activities and interests. Not all will I list here but they include arts/crafts, music (primarily as associated with church), and sports (I enjoy playing ice hockey & golf and doing unicycling, juggling and watching lacrosse). As for church, we are very involved and are found there frequently each week. It is our loving family, our community and supports us spiritually, emotionally and even physically, as we exercise there twice a week. I still ride with the Redford Township Unicycle Club -- sporadically, as does my daughter -- a group I helped found back in 1975 and is still going strong. The Club has won many awards -- national championships (I've even won one myself), toured Europe and generally have a great time together. Many of my friends from those early days of the Club have moved on then come back to the group and now their kids are riding and a second generation is carrying the unicycling torch, so to speak. Well, I mean we don't really have a torch, that would probably just draw angry crowds and bad publicity and... oh, sorry for that mental detour. I also started a juggling group in Redford that was not so decorated and only lasted a few years then morphed into a unicycle basketball group, but I won't even mention that. Unfortunately, I've needed to put many of these side pursuits aside in favor of a new avocation, that being cancer research and treatment. I was diagnosed with melanoma in 1999, treated and was thought to be cancer free until 2006, when it was found again and no longer just on my scalp but in several organs. We were told at that ti...Expand for more