Kathleen Frankforter:  

I let my membership here in Classmates expire which caused me to lose my story so here I go again.... Ha! My story is nothing fantastic but it's mine. I did not graduate with my class as I had gotten married and gave birth to my wonderful daughter. My husband was in the Marines and we ended up moving down to San Clemente. Needless to say, the marriage did not last and we divorced. It's all good though and things work out for a reason. My current husband and I have been married since 1987. I met Tom through my youngest brother. It was his nose I was so attracted to at first. Ha! Ha! I know....crazy but true. Tom and I will celebrate 26 yrs in September 2013.. My husband is a Tug Operator/Crew Chief and ties the Chevron Tankers up off El Segundo. Tom and I lived in Redondo Beach for years until 2010. We purchased his parents home (his childhood home) after Tom's mom passed away in 2010.. We actually live in the Wiseburn community which is part of the LA County strip (Unincorporated) We do use Hawthorne's zip code but that's it. We have a fairly large home (1857 sq ft) which we share with our dog Max, and two female cats....Trixie and Riley Girl. The girls have their own bedroom. They are quite spoiled. Max, our little Shih Tzu thinks he is the alpha dog. We let him think that!!! My daughter Tara and her family live in Lakewood, CA.. Brandi is 20 yrs old and Chris is 18 yrs old. Chris has a brain injury and is confined to a wheelchair. He's our guiding light!!! When Christopher was 3 mos old, he came down with Bacterial Meningitis. He went into cardiac arrest at the Naval Hosp in Virginia. Chris was on life support for about week until they finally took him off. He was not expected to live yet, he started breathing on his own. Due to...Expand for more