John Poirier:  

After High School, I attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas on scolarship as an athletic trainer. I got to travel all over the place which was cool. I met my beautiful red headed wife Terisa in '81 & we married in '83.(She was way out of my league. I guess having a personality does work!!) As I write this in 2015, we have been married 32 years. We had 2 red headed boys, Douglas & Bryce. (Since my hair was really red in my younger days, they didn't have a shot. Now for some reason the top of my hair is turning skin color. What's the deal??) We still live in the area in Lake Dallas. I still love my classic rock & love all types of sports. Most of my adult life I had been in sales. We unfortunately lost our oldest son Douglas in 2010 at the age of 24 unexpectedly. I would not trade my life or my life's experiences as I can take or handle anything that comes my way. Remember that joy is an attitude to live despite our circumstances. We attend church in Frisco at Hope Fellowship. Our youngest son Bryce is in Southern California & is a counselor at a drug & alcohol rehab center. I am beyond proud of him helping out others in their desperate need to help ...Expand for more