Curtis Montgomery:  

After graduating from Fremont I went to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Graduated from there in 1974 and then attended the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. I then finished an interniship and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angles. After that I moved to San Jose, California where I worked for Kaiser for two years. I got married in 1984 and went into private practice in the same year. Practiced in San Jose for 16 years and then moved to Huntsville, TX where I've been since 2000. All three daughters have left the nest. Two have graduated from college (Stanford and Washington University in St. Louis). The youngest is finishing her second year at Spelman in Atlanta. We travel as much as we can. The picture is taken with my wife and daughter when she won a beauty contest. Good health and delivered 257 babies in 2008. Who's the man? Last year we went to France in the spring and Brazil in the fall. We will spend some time in Cape Town, So. Africa this fall. Life with grown children is great. My family has been truly blessed and for that I am eternally grateful. Thank the living God. My youngest daughter has just graduated from Spelman and she is getting married in a month. I'm taking everything out of my name except the essentials as I prepare for retirement. Hell yeah! My youngest daughter was married in Atlanta on July 8, 2011. Even if I do say so myself, it was the best wedding I've ever thrown. The newlyweds honeymooned on Phuket Island off the coast of Thailand. They said if this was what heaven was like they were ready to go. Sign me up. They are settling into married life in Atlanta. As my reward for doing such a stellar job my wife and I took a brief vacation to Italy. Got Pompei off the bucket list and took an Italian cooking class. Next trip is to celebrate my 60th birthday in Paris. Can't wait. If you're in the neighborhood please stop by. Vive la France. My family and I celebrated my 60th birthday in the City of Lights. We rented an apartment near the Opera and all six of us scoured the city. Paris is a magical place and I always feel more alive when I'm there. We ate, drank and saw everything there. I had gone to school in France while in college so I still speak pretty good French. And no American accent! It was fun to hang with my three daughters as adults. They have turned out well and my wife and I are so proud of them. My French friends also got a chance to see the girls again as well as my new son-in-law. Overall it was the trip of a lifetime. I am so incredibly blessed and I thank God for all His blessings. I love my life! 2013 turned out to be an awesome year. Travel is my favorite pastime out side of working (not). We first had an opportunity to travel to Aruba. I had always wanted to go and finally made the decision to do it. The skies were blue, the water was warm, the people were friendly and the food was incredible. Its a good place to relax. Its a small island so didn't take long to explore the whole place. Would I go back? Would rather see other islands in the Caribbean I think. The other bigger trip came in late November when we set sail for Phuket, Thailand. I figured since I paid for my daughter to go, I ought to have the opportunity to check it out myself. So the wife and I departed Houston the day before Thanksgiving for a very long flight. We had a layover in Seoul Korea before getting to Phuket in the middle of the night. WOW!!! Was it ever worth it. The culture, the beaches, the food, the adventures. All in all a very beautiful place. Tranquil when you want it to be and exciting when you want it to be. I rode my first elephant bareback which was such a treat. Went white river rafting for the first time. We took a Thai cooking class and made our own lunch. Delicious! We even met a couple from Los Angeles who knew somebody I went to school with. What a small world! I surprised my wife with a private moonlight dinner on the beach with our own butler. Now that was living large! There is so much to see in this world and if I have anything to say about it we'll keep going until we can't go anymore. One of my daughters moved to England to study film. She really is studying but there was a man involved. She had met him in LA and when his visa was up she decided he was worth investigating further. To make a long story short, they decided to get married in May 2014 so off we go again. We rented an apartment in London for a few days. The weather had been a little rainy prior to our arrival but once there the sun was shining bright and warm. We did a little touring of London and experienced high tea at one of the venerable establishments. It was all in all a very good thing. We met the young man's family on the wedding day. It was a civil ceremony held at the town hall on a Friday afternoon. It was a small, intimate setting with just family. And even though it was a small civil ceremony, the couple was decked out. My daughter looked exquisite and I was one proud papa as I walked her down the aisle. After the million pictures were taken we departed the town hall for a reception held at the home of my son-in-law's uncle and aunt there in London. The setting was beautiful and the food delectable. We ate, talked, laughed and drank until late in the night. Not one word was ever said about them being an inter-racial couple. Guess they do things differently over there. The next morning my wife, daughter and I caught the train to France. The train ride from London to Paris was quick and uneventful. Grabbed a car at the train station and headed southwest towards Tours in the valley of the Loire River. This is the region where all of the big chateaux are and where I went to school when I was in college. We were staying at the country home of some friends I had known for ages. The house was originally started in 1703 and has been modernized over the years. It was so peaceful and picturesque as this was also one of France's many wine regions. As we walked the country lanes there would be vineyards on one side and wheat on the other signifying two things France is known for. Wine and French bread. As you may know fine cuisine is a passion in France and my friends did not disappoint. They kept us boozed up and well fed. I have known some of these people for more than 40 years so we are all like family. You can fell the love going both ways. Its great. My wife and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary while in France. In grand style we dined at the best restaurant in Tours. Unforgettable. Next stop: China in October. Stay tuned. In October, 2014 we embarked upon a tour of China: specifically Beijing and Shanghai. I am not typically a tour traveler. I'd rather do my own thing but in a place like China its better to just sign up for the tour. We saw all the great sights of Beijing including the Great Wall of China. Out of the 42 folks in our group I was the only one to make it to the top of the wall. Felt pretty proud about that. Great view from the top. Then in a park where people are exercising a Chinese man called me ...Expand for more