Don Blevins:  

I entered the Navy after High School for four years. Dana and I married in 1972, the first full year of my Navy experience. We moved from Virginia back to Portland, in fact in the same house we lived in during high school. We lived there for a year or so and moved into our first new home around 1978 in Calallen. I got a job at Celanese in Bishop TX and worked there until a layoff in 2005 or so. I had worked myself up in the company as an entry level helper to a shift supervisor that made powered Ibuprofen. That is when I also went on disability due to a bad back. I had three surgeries to try and repair my lower back but they could not rid me of my severe pain. So I take meds for the pain and try to exercise some and then rest. It is okay as I have seen people in much worse pain than I so I am thankful. Dana and I lived in Calallen until 2007 when Dana was offered a better position with her Oil and Gas company, EOG Resources, in Dallas Tx. Dana as well has worked up in her job as a secretary to her new job in Dallas/Fort Worth. Dana remains very healtly and weighs less than in high school and is so beautiful. I thank God fo...Expand for more