Peggy Espinoza:  

I've lived in Tucson since 1-25-79, & I felt like I was finally home & they won't get me out of here. I own a 4 bedroom home & live with my 3 dogs. I do a lot of community volunteer work & I'm an avid motorcyclist & You can't get me away from the TV when "RAW TV show" or "SMACKDOWN TV show" which are with the World Wrestling Entertainment industry, are on, or in town. Yeah, you heard it right I'm a motorcycle grandma who absolutely loves wrestling.(After I finally found my daughter, after looking for 30 years, wrestling is how I became very close to my 3 grand kids,especially my baby Sarah,(18 and graduates this year) who was crazy over Kane, one of the wrestlers)I went to the very next event that was held here in Tucson, and bought her a Kane mask, & thank goodness, my daughter is an excellent seamstress, she made her a Kane outfit for Halloween. I am now the longest holding patch holder of the Tucson Sunriders Motorcycle Club. (Lifetime member) What? I have been a member since 1982. Do I hear some gasps of Oh MY Gosh? Well, you asked. We are a non-profit club (not one that is called a gang) that is and has been since the late 70's, the main supporters of the Child Protective Services. We put on 3 runs (events) in January or Early February, June, and either late August or early September to raise funds to put on a weekend Toy Parade, which is held the 2nd weekend of December, Which all riders that ride in our Parade have to give a toy plus an entrance fee to ride in the parade. After we pay the expenses, some that haven't been donated, all proceeds toys and money go to the kids, so they can have a wonderful Christmas. If there is any money left over it is put into a trust for the remainder of the year in case someone needs diapers, shoes, clothes, or to fix broken windows or even a bed etc etc. We are some of the "Good Bikers". Our parade is one of the largest in the southwest part of the good old USA. The Mayor has permanently proclaimed that weekend as Sunrider Weekend. I have been divorced for 18 yrs.and I have enjoyed it but it does get a little lonely at times, because my 3 girls (critters) aren't much for conversation.(LOL) Good company & they do keep my feet warm at night but the rest of me could use some cuddling also. I know, Punk is saying "there she goes again". That's about it. How about you? I hope my old friends remember me as someone that they could turn to in time of need and always had their back. I also hope that they also remember that I didn't know a stranger & loved everyone.To this day I still don't know a stranger. I never forget a face but I'm not so good with names any more. I always wanted to be a Doctor or Dentist, but first I wanted to go into the Air force as we didn't have the money for me to go to college, when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a a lot of nonsense, as my Uncle was a full bird colonel in the Air Force and he didn't want me to go there. As it turns out, they were probably right right, as I could never passed basic training.. All my inspiration has come from my step-dad Ken Fritzler. He was and is still my hero. He stood by me when my mother wouldn't and he was always there for me when I needed him the most. It is because of him that I have this house and my car plus my faith in God. He stood by my mother through all of her illness and never left her side, even when he was fighting cancer himself. Also my sister, Carolyn who also has Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma the same as my mother and the whole time she kept working , plus taking care of Daddy Ken and my mother Betty, while she was the Head Nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital's ER in Marshfield, Wisconsin after raising her own 4 kids and putting them through College and being there for me also. Third is my Son Mario, who keeps me on the straight and narrow and has his own religious talk show on the internet. So you could say that God has Blessed me very Richly. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Mary(Punkie) Pittam/Wynne, because we were so very close in High School and we only live about 120 miles apart, but we just can't seem to get together. What's the wildest thing I ever did in school, was when I was still living in Hayes Center,my sophomore year, we put a goat up on the roof of the High School, 6 of us, while a bunch of others kept the town Marshall busy elsewhere, Then we drug an old abandoned out house to the middle of main street. You have to realize that Hayes Center was a little town of 350 people. Crazy Huh? Where have I lived and why did I move? Well, I was born and raised in Hayes Center, Ne. We moved to Sidney the very end of 1962 because my Dad went to work for the Sidney National Bank. From there I moved to Aurora, Co. in 1966, when I became a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines. That didn't last very long, as I became engaged and pregnant with my daughter so I moved to Longmont,Co.to live with my dad and step-mom Arlene. My mother wouldn't let me come home, because she was an ADC social worker for the Welfare office, and she blew up and said "How would it look for her in her position, as she counseled unwed mothers". So I went to my Dad's, who literally ran off my fiance' and told him to stay out of my life. After a 10 mo. pregnancy, I went into labor and my mother showed up, and my Dad kicked me out. All the time that I was expecting my mother was working behind the scenes with the welfare office in Boulder, Co., and when my daughter was born, she sold her, so that is why it took me 30 years to find her. But all is good now.Praise the Lord. I eventually went back to Sidney and worked at the bakery, the radio station, and at an Insurance Agency. From there I moved down to Sterling, Co. where I became a disc jockey for a while, then I went to San Antonio, Tx. to help out my sister who was pregnant with her 2nd child and having a rough time. My brother-in-law was taking his residency at the base and then he was sent to Colo. Springs,Co.at the Air Force Academy where I worked for 4 Oral Surgeons and met my 1st husband, in 1969 and stayed there until we moved to Albuquerque,NM. Where we owned a car rental business and lived there until 1978 when we bought another car rental business here in Tucson and divorced in 1983. I was single but still working until 1987 when I married my 2nd husband and I moved to Sierra Vista,AZ. where he worked for the Dept. of Defense, but that only lasted until 1989 and I moved back up to Tucson and in 1990 I married my best male friend, knowing full well that he was a full blown alcoholic and that only lasted until 1992. I should have known better since my own father was an alcoholic and had committed suicide in 1988. But to this day I'm still friends with all 3 of them. It's kind of like that old song "All my ex's live in Texas" only all of mine live in AZ.and I've been single ever since. As far as sports, Reality TV, Pets,The only thing that I haven't mentioned is the reality show Dancing With The Stars, and I don't know if you'd call it a sport or not but I love to play darts and have been on several teams and was VP for 3 years running. If I could improve my home, I'd remodel my kitchen, as it only has 4 cupboards and 3 drawers and add on an AZ. room, which is an enclosed porch that is screened in, but have it where it would have enclosures that would close it off in the winter and be big enough for a spa that can be used year around and have my back yard professionally landscaped then I would be happy to stay here the rest of my life. I met my oldest friend Mary (Punkie) at school and we clicked because she is just as crazy as I am and we have kind of stayed in touch over the years, especially when my mom was still in Sidney, and boy can she cook. Then when she moved to Greeley, my Dad lived in Ft. Collins,CO. and we kept in touch by phone. then I really don't remember how I found out that she lived in Mesa but we talked the first night for a good hour and a half, but we have kept in touch through emails. My very first job outside of babysitting was in Hayes Center where I was paid something like 50 or 75 cents an hour to wait tables, do dishes, help cook in this tiny little diner. What I remember most about it was that the last night I was there, it was like 2 night before we moved to Sidney and it was during harvest time and all the harvest hands came in for dinner and I was getting $20.00 tips from most of them, but the Big Boss gave me a $100 dollar bill. Boy was I ever a happy girl. My most precious childhood memory is of my blonde cocker spaniel Chubby, that I had in Hayes Center. I couldn't hide any where in that town, because all my parents had to do was look for Chubby. He walked me to school every morning, then went bank and waited for it to be lunch time and down he'd come to get me, then back after lunch and back after school. When I was in elementary school I had the old German measles and the only thing I wanted was Chubby so Mom let him come into my bedroom and lie by my bed. 3 week to the day, he became very ill so we took him to the Vet in McCook,NE. and he couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, as he was frothing at the mouth and when he'd drink or eat, he's vomit. Finally after all kinds of blood tests and leaving him at the Vet's over night, we went back the next day and he asked if anyone had been sick in our house? That's when we all remembered that I had had the German Measles and the Vet. looked inside Chubby's mouth and sure as shootin he was covered with measles. The only bad thing about it was he lost his hearing from then on and everyone in Hayes Center knew his favorite place to wa...Expand for more