Val Myers:  

Growing up, I wanted to be an airline stewardess. That would be right up until I passed the height limit! Then I wanted to be a model but I decided to go to college first, so that I would have something to fall back on after I got too old for the modeling industry. Off to college I went, in Grand Junction, CO. Hmmm. Guess who fell in love and got married instead of getting her degree? Yep. Yours truly. Then real life struck, and instead of becoming something glamorous - like a model or a flight attendant, I became an oral surgery assistant. That marriage took me to Topeka, KS and lasted three years. When it ended I moved back to Grand Junction. That leads me to marriage #2. I went to buy an 8-track tape player (snort) for the car I had just bought and ended up with husband #2 (who was the tape player salesman) as well! That marriage lasted five years and took me to Northridge, Simi Valley and San Diego. (I used to wonder if I was going to go through life with each of my marriages lasting two years longer than the last!! I kept my JOBS longer than I kept my husbands!) Now for the good part. Husband #3. The great love of my life. (I should have known he was THE ONE because not only was he my third husband but I was his fourth wife, lol!!!) He had a 12 year old son, who won my heart at "Hello", and whom I adopted when he was 14. We lived in Escondido for seven years and after our son left home, we decided to sell everything we owned and hit the road in a travel trailer. We traveled for nine years and it was amazing. The Road Atlas was our wish book! We spent the most amounts of time living in various parts of Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. Then, ten years ago, my father lost most of his eyesight to macular degeneration. I tried the old "If you need me, please move up to Oregon, so I can help you." That didn't work. Then I started wishing...Expand for more