Michael Lynch:  

Life After graduation I went to Clark College for a few months, but decided I was tired of school and wanted to do the full-time job/family thing. Leaving college early remains one of my biggest regrets. On the other hand, I got married and my first wife and I had two kids- Samantha, who just turned 22 in August, and T (his real name is Michael, but everyone calls him "T", which is his middle initial), who just turned 21 in August. I got divorced about a year after my son was born, but I met an amazing woman, whom I've been with for 20 years. I moved from Vancouver to Portland shortly after meeting her. She has two sons from her first marriage, but we don't have kids together; we're done with that phase of our lives. I've worked a handful of jobs over the years, including Chown Hardware where I worked for 13 years before leaving to join my wife in her residential cleaning business. After living in Portland for several years, we moved to Rhododendron, which is a stone's throw from Mt. Hood. After about seven years out there, we moved back to Portland. The cleaning business is a great business that pays the bills while ...Expand for more