Jeffrey Briggs:  

CLASS OF 1984
El cajon, CA

Jeffrey's Story

Life AFTER LEAVING GRANITE HILLS HS I ATTENDED GROSSOMONT JC AND THEN ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA. I KNOW, WHY NORTH DAKOTA? WELL I GOT A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP WHILE MY BROTHER GOT ONE IN WRESTELING. I GRADUATED WITH A BA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, WITH A MAJOR IN MARKETING. UPON GRADUATION I MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND I STARTED SELLING REAL ESTATE. SOON AFTER THAT I GOT MARRIED AND WAS BLESSED WITH MY FIRST CHILD, A DAUGHTER NAMED KAYLA WHO IS NOW (2003) 13 YEARS OLD, AND SHE TEACHES ME SOMETHING NEW JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. SHE IS THE KINDEST MOST GENTLE PERSON I HAVE EVER KNOWN, AND HER LOVE OF THE LORD HAS BEEN THERE FROM BIRTH, SHE NEVER HAD TO LEARN IT. AFTER MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTH I MADE THE DECISION TO GO BACK TO LAW SCHOOL, AND I GRADUATED IN 1996 WITH A JD. I PASSED THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM IN 1997, PRACTICED LAW FOR A FEW YEARS, UNTIL AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE (RICH EHMKE) AND I STARTED A CAR RENTAL MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. IN 1998 I MARRIED MY SECOND (AND LAST) WIFE BUFFY LOCHER, AND IN 2002, WE ADDOPTED OUR SON AARON. HIS LIFE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A GIFT FROM GOD. YOU SEE HE WAS BURNED OVER 45% OF HIS BODY WHEN HE WAS ONLY 24 DAYS OLD, AND THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM ONLY A 10% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. BUT NOW, BY...Expand for more
THE GRACE OF GOD, HE IS NOT ONLY SURVIVING, BUT THRIVING. YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT HE WAS EVER BURNED. HIS MOTHER SISTER AND I THANK GOD EVERY NIGHT FOR THE BLESSING THAT HE HAS BEEN IN OUR LIVES. ALMOST EVERYONE ASKS HOW COULD GOD LET THAT HAPPEN TO HIM, BUT WE NEVER ASK THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT THE PAIN, NONE OF US WOULD EVER HAVE KNOWN THE JOY OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER. WELL BACK TO THE BORING PART OF MY LIFE, ME. SINCE JUNE OF 2002, I HAVE BEEN SELLING TITLE INSURANCE FOR UNITED TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY IN SAN DIEGO. I LOVE MY WORK, AND ANTICPATE THIS BEING THE LAST STOP IN MY WORKING LIFE. MY FAMILY AND I ATTEND HORIZON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, IN CLAIRMONT, AND WE ARE STILL VERY CLOSE TO MY BROTHER TIM, AND HIS WIFE BARBIE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN AND MY SISTER BECKY AND HER HUSBAND SCOTT. AS WELL AS MY COUSINS DAN, SCOTT, KELLY, AND JOHN BARNES, ALL GRANITE HILLS GRADS. AND ALL MARRIED. DAN SCOTT AND KELLY HAVE CHILDREN, WHILE JOHN IS PLAYING BASEBALL IN THE PIRATES ORGANIZATION. OTHER COUSINS WHO ATTENDED GRANITE ARE CATHY AND CHRISTINE HOLCOMB, AND ELIZABETH AND KENDRA BOWMAN. WE VERY CLOSE TO ALL AND SEE THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. WELL BY NOW I AM SURE YOU ARE BORED, SO I WILL SIGN OFF NOW. GOD BLESS YOU ALL JEFF
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