Lacricia Williams:  

Well, lets see now! You asked for it, or maybe not, but here goes! My family moved around a lot when I was young. We finally settled in the Clarksville area for several years, finally! From about the 5th grade on, some days after school and every saturday, and all summer long I would help my dad haul pulpwood and logs. I always got to carry the measuring stick and pull limbs, til I was old enough, or should I say, strong enough, to run the chain saw to cut down the trees and trim them up. Back then for us, it was a way of living, as it was for most everyone we knew in NE Texas and SE Oklahoma. Looking back on all the hard work we did, I don't have one negative thing to say about it. We did what we had to do to make a living then! It sure did keep your ass in great shape too! Yep, ask a couple of the boys, and a few girls too, that I had to whoop up on for picking on my little sisters! lol. Oh, and yes, I did have lots of friends, and a few special ones too. Yea!!! Those were the good ole days!!! After I left High School, I moved to Amarillo, TX and started college. I went to school M-F 7am - 2pm. I took classes in Commercial Art and Photography. That was pretty tedious, but very fun and something I really wanted to do. I graduated and got my Associates degree in Applied Arts. While I was going to school, I was also working and yes, going out to party too!!! Back when you could get into bars at 18, or younger! Any way, needless to say, I became a party animal, lol, for a few years. I still worked all week long, but after work on Fridays, I rode my motorcycle along side my friends to the lake or river, and went camping and fishing, and built bonfires, played my guitar and had lots of fun. Then comes monday morning and back to work again. Then, finally I decided, or I should say, my Mother decided it was time for me to do something with my artistic talents, as she called them. Sooooooooo, I moved to Nashville, TN and went to work for an advertising agency. My job consisted of taking photos of lots of things, including some of the Country and Western Singers. We did all of our film developing and printing in house. It was awesome. I also drew pictures and did some painting. The best part of the job was meeting all the famous singers and writers. From chamber meetings to Jail-a-thons, it was great. Yep, I got a few autographs too! I did this job for about eight years until my mother, who had moved from Amarillo to Oklahoma City a few years earlier, started having some heart problems. I moved to OKC to help take care of...Expand for more