B (Gladys) Mann:  

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. Bertrand Russell: Three passions have governed my life: The longings for love, the search for knowledge, And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind]. I believe that: Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. In the union of love I have seen In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of people. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, But always pity brought me back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in my heart Of children in famine, of victims tortured And of old people left helpless. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, And I too suffer. This has been my life; I found it worth living. B Mann Family: I have been married to Lonnie (Bear) Mann for 28 years. He is a '69 graduate of Caney Valley High School. Bear is an avid golfer and loves fishing. I have a 30 year old son Josh Fisk, (former Marine, world traveler, IT Security Specialist, and newly married to a Lithuanian (European) model, Irmina). Josh works for AT&T as a IT Securtiy Specialist and Mina models in Los Angeles for various companies. She hasn't caught a break in the USA, but was doing quite well modeling in Eupore. She and Josh are attending college. They reside in San Diego, CA. I also have a 23 year old daughter Lonna Mann (Cherokee name: Jia Wa U Ga) a graduate of Oklahoma State University with her major in Broadcast Journalism/Public Relations and minor in History. She works for Kicker i...Expand for more