Tony Gwartney:  

Life (04-19-08) I have been happily married to Lori (Pittman) for 30 years in May. We have two kids and an unofficial adopted daughter from Trinidad. My Daughter Melanie (28) in July. Graduated Magna Cum Laude from U of H. She currently works in the financial aide dept. at the University. She is getting married in Oct. Then will start back to school to get her law degree. My Son David (26) Completed Avionics school and is a certified A&P tech. After a short time in Dallas working in the industry, he moved back to Houston and is working in manufacturing for the same company I work for. My Daughter Onika (27) Lives in Trinidad and is a buyer for local company. We met Onika when we lived in Trinidad. Lori worked at an Orphanage and Onika (15 at the time) was one of two kids that stayed with us. Rechard was the other he was two. A short version of a very long and sometimes sad story is, Rechard was ultimately adopted by a Trinidadian family and Onika was eventually released at 18 with no where to go, and we were being sent back to the States due to a decline in work. Luckily we knew people in country and with a long distance relationship it was very hard but...Expand for more