Mark Doherty:  

I always wanted to be an architect when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. Listen to music (at home) or taking a random drive (not so much lately with the price of gas what it is!) I cut classes and shoplifted (in junior high!). In high school, I "ran away from home" one night. All the way to Wood Dale, where my father was living at the time. My parents separated in my Freshman year, and their divorce was final my Senior year. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have a bottle of water, a good lunch, and music to be able to deal with the day-to-day. My heroes in life: God, my parents, my wife and her parents. I would like to see Ms. Salmon from Lively Jr. High. She was our creative writing teacher all three years. She allowed me to express myself in ways I didn't know I could. My current age is 45. When I was ...Expand for more