John Wyckoff:  

Okay, okay........some people think I am from New York, some from Texas, some from California, most can't figure our my multi-accent. I don't really have any "roots" where many people refer to as "back home". I was born in 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri, lived there for one year, from 2-3 years old we lived in Oklahoma City; then on to St. Louis from 3-6 years old (that's when I became a Cardinal baseball fan); onto to Dallas for 1st - 6th grade; moved to Costa Mesa, CA for 7th - 9th grade (had hoped to play football or basketball at UCLA); then from the beach to snow when I 15-21 years old in Ballston Lake, N.Y., and finally back to the Dallas area when I was 21 years old. Why so many moves? My Father began working for Norton Company the year I was born in 1954, and each move was a promotion for him. The reason I have four high school listed on my profile is; I would have attened Lake Highlands H.S. in Dallas if we had not moved to CA; I would have attended Costa Mesa H.S., however we moved across Harbor Blvd. when I was in 8th grade so I then attended Estancia H.S.; and then we moved to N.Y. where I graduated from Shenendehowa in 1973. That high school name was interesting to not only learn to spell, but to pronounce it correctly. My Father passed away from a heart attack at age 51 (I was 21 years old) and little did I know that I would inherit his bad heart history and I suffered my heart attack at age 45 (my son was only 5 years old). I moved my 87 year Mother to Waxahachie last year from TN. and she lives in a Seniors Apartment complexe about two miles from my office. I've had five knee surgeries from football, both shoulders operated on twice (basketball and tennis), and found out this past year that I have degeneration in my spine and that's why back is so bad. My son is 15 years old now...Expand for more