Cecil Beare:  

I spent ten years in law enforcement with the El Paso Police Dept, TX Dept of Public Safety and Midland Police Dept in the field of Communications/dispatch. I used to spend all my free time with my folks who had retired and moved to our home town of Valentine, a small country town 150 miles east of El Paso. I visited the Palm Springs, CA area on a vacation one time and was offered a job and moved here, where I've been since 1986. I currently manage a very large private residence/estate for a very nice family. The winters here are great - high 70's, low 80's, but the summers can be miserable up to 125 degrees. Fortunately, my employers are here only in the winter so I have a lot of free time for 4 or 5 months in the summer so I try to do a lot of traveling - trips to Vegas, San Diego and L.A., but especially to Hawai'i which is truly paradise. My Mom passed away back in 1988 and my Dad in 2006. I had moved him out here to California 3 years before he died and we had such a great time together; we had always been close and he was always my best friend so his passing has been tough. After my Mo...Expand for more