Denise Black:  

CLASS OF 1970
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Katella High SchoolClass of 1970
Anaheim, CA
Anaheim High SchoolClass of 1970
Anaheim, CA
Mission viejo, CA
South milwaukee, WI

Denise's Story

I always wanted to be a nun when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a crazy idea. As it turns out, they were not right I wish I would have. MY BIGGEST SURPRISE IN LIFE IS THERE WAS NO PRINCE CHARMING AND A HAPPY EVER AFTER. ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE A WIFE-HIS LITTLE WOMEN, A MOTHER, AND ALL THAT STUFF. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO THE THINGS THAT I DID BEFORE I GOT CLEAN AND SOBER. MY HERO IS A BIKER WHO IS LIKE MY BROTHER, HE HANDLES EVERYTHING SO WELL AND SEEING HIM GETS ME CENTERED. I HAVE LIVED HERE IN ANAHEIM, FULLERTON FOR AWHILE AND BACK TO ANAHEIM, I MOVED DO TO SITUATIONS. BUT ALWAYS BACK TO ANAHEIM, I'D RATHER BE IN THE TREES WITH CRITTERS AND STUFF AND A LAKE. The people from my past who I'd most like to see again is DANNY,KIm B. AND DENNIS MC DANIELS, because THEY REALLY MEANT ALOT TO ME. You too Roger! I LIKE TO FISH, PLAY SOFTBALL, GO ON ADVENTURES IN MY CAR, I AM VERY SPUR OF THE MOMENT AND LOVE TO SIGHT SEE THE LAND AND ALL OF NATURE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MR. BATES, HE WAS JUST TOO COOL. I LOVED HIM AND JUDY. THE ONLY DORM I LIVED IN WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY JAIL. BET THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE ...LOL. IF THE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK. AFTER WANTING TO BE A NUN AND DAD SAYING "NO!", I WANTED TO BE A CERAMIC AND ARTCRAFTS TEACHER, WENT TO F.J.C AND THEN MARRIED DAVID TEMPLE FROM ANAHEIM HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WENT LIFE I AS THOUGHT, THEN I MARRIED A GUY THAT WAS A HEROIN ADDICT, THERE WENT THAT PART OF LIFE. I WENT ON THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF MY LIFE. NOW I MANAGE AND RUN A NON-PROFIT ORG. ALL OF IT, BOOK KEEPING, PEOPLE, THE ALL OF ALL OF IT. MY FIRST CRUSH WAS SCOOTER BELANGER, ACTUALLY HE LIVED AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME, I WANTED HIM TO BE THE FIRST BOY I KISSEd. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO SCOOTER AFTER HE AND KATIE. I USED TO LOVE TO GO TO HIS HOUSE AND LISTEN TO HIM PLAY HIS GUITAR. IN PARTICULAR THE DAVE CLARK FIVE "BECAUSE". I DRESS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. UNLESS I AM GOING OUT BUT I WISH I HAD THE BODY TO DRESS LIKE I USED TO. I STILL LOVE T-SHIRTS AND JEANS. BEAUTY IS AN INSIDE JOB. IF I WERE TO DO SOMETHING OVER IT WOULD BE TO HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DRUG PART OF BEING WITH FRANK. WE WERE SPECIAL BUT IT WAS A TOUGH ROAD AND I LEARNED ALOT FOR THE UNKNOWLEDGEABLE GIRL I WAS IN THAT LIFE. I LOVED MY BUBBLE WORLD AS HE CALLED IT. THE THING THAT WOULD SUPRISE EVERYONE AT MY REUNION IS THAT I BECAME A REAL ADDICT, ALL BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WOULD STOP BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE ME DOING THEM...NOT THE WAY IT WENT.THE DISEASE WAS JUST WAITING FOR ME. ONE OF US AT SCHOOL BECAME A POLICE OFFICER AND BOY WAS HE SUPRISED WHEN HE ARRESTED ME. MY CHILD HOOD MEMORIES WERE THE BEST IN WASHINGTON WITH MY GRANDPA. I HOPE, EVERY ONE REMEMBERS ME BY THE FACT THAT I HUNG OUT WITH WHOM I WANTED NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE COOL, I LIKED A VARIETY OF PEOPLE NOT JUST BECAUSE THE WERE "ONE OF THE CROWD" TODAY I HELP LOT...Expand for more
S OF PEOPLE, SOME WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN, SOME TRYING TO GET THEM BACK. I LOVE WORKING WITH THE OUTCASTS OF THE WORLD. I ALWAYS FELT NOT A PART OF MY WHOLE LIFE. TODAY I LOVE DENISE SHE IS A GREAT WOMAN WITH LIFE AND FIRE FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. I AM STILL VERY REAL, I SHOOT FROM THE HIP, VERY HONEST, BLUNT AND STRAIGHT FORWARD. BUT INSIDE IS THE LITTLE GIRL BEHIND THE MASK I LEARNED TO WEAR. KIND. LOVING, GIVING; WANTING FOREVER WITH ONE PERSON THAT IS THE SAME. DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE HIM OR NOT. STILL PAYING ATTENTION. HERE IS A POEM I WROTE IN JAIL "ONCE ABOUT A TIME" ONCE ABOUT A TIME, 14 YEARS AGE, THERE WAS A GIRL, I USED TO KNOW. SUCH AN ALL AMERICAN BROWN-EYED GIRL, AND A SMILE THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR TOES CURL. WELL, THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS ME, AND I WENT OUT DANCIN AS USUAL, YA SEE. I SAW AN OLD FRIEND FROM SCHOOL, AND HE HAD A FRIEND THAT LOOKED "SO COOL." HE ASKED ME IF I'D LIKE TO DANCE, AND I SAID NO, BUT HIS EYES PUT ME IN A TRANCE. I TOOK MY FRIEND'S HAND AND I DANCED ALL NIGHT, I KEPT FEELING THOSE EYES, AND SCARED THEY MIGHT, JUST MAKE ME ALL I WANTED IN LIFE, A FRIEND, A LOVER, A MOTHER, A WIFE. I NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY YA SEE, AND MY FRIEND, HE TOLD OF HOW HE COULD HELP ME. ON DECEMBER 13TH, 1976. THREE GUYS RENTED A ROOM TO THIS CHICK. A 3-BEDROOM HOUSE IS ALL IT WAS, DON'T LOOK SO SHOCKED, THAT'S RIGHT,BECAUSE. THAT GREEN-EYED MAN HE SAW WHAT HE NEEDED IN ME, A NEW SHINING LIFE OF TRUE LOVE TO BE. A BOOZE DRINKIN, FIST FLYIN HOUSE WAS HIS HOME, AND A LIFE FULL OF DRUGS LED TO THE JOINT, WHERE HE DID ROAM. AND THEN ONE NIGHT WITH A FRIEND, STARTED THE BEGINNING TO WHAT I HAVE NOW PUT AN END. YA SEE HE WAS SITTING THERE WITH FACE IN CHEST, AND WHY, YOU KNOW, BUT I,DIDN'T HAVE A GUESS. AND WHEN I FOUND OUT JUST OF WHAT WERE HIS TRICKS, I GAVE HIM LOVE, KINDNESS, EVERYTHING,TO STOP THE NEXT FIX. GET OUT OF HERE B DON'T TALK OF WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, YEAH,YOU'RE RIGHT...SO I STUCK OUT MY ARM JUST SO. I ONLY DID IT ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE, NEVER KNOWING HOW MUCH I'D TOSS IN THIS JUNK PILE. I TAUGHT HIM ALL ABOUT REAL TRUE LOVE FROM ME, AND I GAVE HIM OUR DAUGHTER SO THAT HE COULD SEE, A LOVE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED WOULDN'T STRAY, ONE THAT NO MAN COULD EVER TAKE AWAY. WELL YOU ALL, YOU FILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STORY LINE, CUZ, I'M SURE YOURS IS MUCH THE SAME AS MINE. UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN CAME THAT COCAINE, AND AT 37 YEARS OLD WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO "THE MAIN". WELL IT'S BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE MY FIRST TRIP, AND NOW IT'S MY 4TH, AND NOW IN GOD I ENTRUST ALL MY WORTH. FOR AFTER 3 YEARS OF KNOWIN, THAT MAN AND I HAD ONLY ONE MORE DANCE, I PRAYED TO THE LORD,JUST GIVE US THIS CHANCE. AND OH-BUT DON'T YA KNOW, BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE IN GOD'S GRACE TO GROW. SO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,LOOK FOR HIS GRACE, AND WITH IT'S STRENGTH,LET'S STAY OUT OF THIS PLACE. DENISE MARIE MARDIAN 1988
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