James Espinoza:  

Life has been good to me . I still have my health and I have profound faith in Jesus Christ . That being said , I guess my time on Earth was nothing more than a test of spirituality . Right now a reader or two , are groaning ' Oh No not another holy roller , " but the facts are the facts . Looking back 60 or so years I was a kid that loved to play at Evergreen and Wabash playgrounds . Little league was played at Evergreen and I believe they had the only swimming pool for a lot of miles around . My family lived in City Terrance so Wabash was the place we played football and spend 8 hours a day during the summer . No video games , no cell phones , peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an orange in a brown paper bag and water . No McDonalds or cokes , Who had money in those days ? Nobody I know . My dad made about $32.00 bucks a week working at a foundry in Vernon . One thing though , we always ate dinner together every day when my dad got home from work . It was mandatory in my house that my mom make tortillas every day . We'd eat rice and beans and occasionally we'd have a piece of meat . I think I could write a book about City Terrance , Wabash , Belvedere ,and Hollenbeck circa 1955 to 1962 that was my turf . Oh well , talk you y...Expand for more