Geno Alarid:  

CLASS OF 1983
Denver, CO

Geno's Story

Life HEY EVERYONE, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL. MY LIFE IS EXCELLENT, BUT WHEN DOING ONE OF THESE, YOUR SUPPOSE TO WRITE THAT, RIGHT? NO, BUT REALLY, MY LIFE IS PRETTY COOL, I GOTTA GREAT WIFE NAMED LORI, AND AN 11 1/2 YEAR OLD BOY NAMED TREVOR, HE IS AWESOME, AND SMART AND ATHLETIC AND A TOTAL BLESSING IN MY LIFE. MY WIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, AND MY BEST FRIEND. MY JOB IS TOTALLY COOL, I AM A CONSULTANT TO PUBLIC AGENCIES OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF INSPECTION BUILDING ROADS, BRIDGES AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I WORK ABROAD AND COMMUTE HOME ON THE WEEKENDS. MY SON HAS BEEN HOMESCHOOLED SINCE MY LAST UPDATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND MY WIFE IS AN INCREDIBLE TEACHER. I STILL LIVE IN AUBURN, CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE TRYING TO BUY A HOME OUT HERE. GOD HAS SO TOTALLY BLESSED OUR LIVES IN EVERYWAY, ITS ALMOST EMBARRASSING. I HAVE HAD MANY UPS AND DOWNS SINCE 1983 AND WAS PRETTY WILD UNTIL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I TRULY GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST. MY FAMILY AND I CALL BAYSIDE, IN GRANITE BAY, CA OUR CHURCH HOME, IT'S WHERE I FINALLY ALLOWED CHRIST TO BE MASTER OF MY LIFE, WHERE I WAS BAPTIZED, (NO KIDDING, I REALLY DID IT!) WHERE I MET MY WIFE, WHERE I WAS GIVEN THE JOB THAT SET ME ON THE PATH TO WHERE I AM NOW IN MY CAREER, AND THE SAME CHURCH EVEN SENT ME TO CAMBODIA ON A MISSIONS TRIP FOR TWO WEEKS AS A DENTAL ASSISTANT, ( I EVEN GOT TO PULL 40 TEETH MYSELF AND ONE OUT OF A BUDHIST MONK...TOTALLY COOL!) OK WHAT ELSE? OH I THINK ABOUT ALOT OF YOU OFTEN, AND I HAVE A LOT FUNNY TIMES TO REMEMBER, AND REALLY ONLY A FEW I WISH I COULD DO OVER. I BET IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW WHICH EVENTS I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE. I SHOULD HAVE PAYED MORE ATTENTION TO ACHTENBURG (SP?), KETTNER...Expand for more
, OH YAH, AND SHNEIDER ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE A NUT BUT THAT GUY HAD A STINKIN' MEMORY ON HIM THAT WOULD NOT QUIT AND I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM HIM INSTEAD OF MOCK HIM. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT; I WISH COACH JOHNSON WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT, I THINK HE COULD HAVE HELPED ME WALK A STRAIGHTER LINE, IF ANYONE COULD HAVE BACK THEN. HE WAS THE FIRST ADULT WHO REALLY GOT ME TO BELIEVE THAT I COULD DO MORE THAN JUST GET IN TROUBLE AND BREAK THE LAW AND THAT I HAD SOME VALUE. WHEN HE LEFT I REALLY SPIRALED DOWNWARD. MUELLER (INTERN) TRIED TO GET ME ON TRACK WITH CHRIST BUT MY OUTWARD DEMONSTRATION OF APPARENT COMMITMENT WASNT ABOUT GOD IT WAS ABOUT GLORIFYING MYSELF, AND MUELLER, IF YOU READ THIS, THANK YOU SIR! (WOW, THAT WAS WAY BELOW THE WATER LINE HONEST) AFTER I MOVED OUT OF THE STATE IN 87 MY LIFE WAS A WHIRLWIND FOR MANY YEARS, I LIVED IN MONTANA, HAWAII, IDAHO, AND CALIFORNIA AND HAD ONE CRAZY TIME AFTER ANOTHER, ALWAYS MAKING THE WORST OUT OF THE BEST OF GODS BLESSINGS UNTIL 10 YEARS AGO. MY WIFE HAS BEEN PARAMOUNT IN KEEPING MY FOCUS STRONG AND MY PURPOSE TRUE, PROBABLY BECAUSE I CARE FOR HER SO MUCH, I JUST CANT STAND TO LET HER DOWN, OK BUT NOT PERFECT AND STILL BLOW IT FROM TIME TO TIME. OK, SO THERE IS THE TRUTH! WHAT ARE YA ALL UP TO, WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND WHAT IN THE....HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE 83? MARRIED? KIDS? PETS? CAREER(S)? C'MON LET'S HERE IT! I AM SURE THIS IS NOT THE VANILLA LIFE THAT MANY READ AND SHARE IN THESE PROFILES, BUT ITS MY LIFE ALL THE SAME. I AM A BROKEN MAN IN CONSTANT NEED OF GODS GRACE AND FORGIVENESS. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SAVIOR! WHO AM I THAT HE WOULD CONSIDER ME? TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS! In Christ, GENO.
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