Leon Goins:  

I'm sure most of you remember me as the fat ugly kid that everyone made fun of and was the butt of many many jokes who never said anything to anyone, and you would be right. No one can imagine how unhappy I was at Lynn View, how much I hated every day I had to attend. I blamed it on everyone else but myself, unfortunately. My social skills were zilch and my self esteen was nonexistent. Well, I'm over that now though it did take years and lots of therapy. Enough of that, just wanted to get it off my chest, again. Anyway, I stayed around Kingsport for a few years, working here and there. Then I moved to Cookeville, TN for a few years before coming back to KPT. in 1978 to take care of my Mom after Dad died. I stayed 10 years and moved on the the Washington, DC area for nearly 20 years. I had some great adventures. I worked for a company with offices in the Watergate complex and it was great, got to see a lot of things. I lived in West Alexandria for years before moving to the MD side. Living in MD was the highlight of my life. I had a nice apt. in Bethesda, near downtown and was in the middle of things. But the rent o...Expand for more