Brenda Martindale:  

I have many fond memories of Anaheim and I think we were all very fortunate to have grown up there when we did. I still communicate with many of my high school friends from those days - and some as far back as Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and John C. Fremont. I recently returned to Southern California after living in the Pacific Northwest for almost thirty years.. I retired to Washington State from the Portland, Oregon, area in 2004 but returned to Oregon in 2012. My four children are scattered over three states, California, Oregon, and Nevada, so I don't see my nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren very often. The oldest is thirty four and the youngest is two years. My youngest son, Jonathan, recently received his Masters Degree at UNLV. He is currently taking his doctorate in Music Education, He is an opera singer and choral director for the Las Vegas MasterSingers. That means lots of trips to see his performances. He and his wife, Savannah, presented me with their second child, my fourth granddaughter, Nora, in 2009 and a grandson,...Expand for more