Mark Heistand:  

MY STORY I was born in Alaska in Jun of 1954 my parents were poor but My dad was a pioneer and took His young family from Michigan to Alaska to start a new life in 1953 with His brother and family as well. My Dad got a job working heavy equipment for over 20 years there and retired moving to Michigan and eventually to Florida now still married and in their 80’s still alive. I grew up in the most awesome place on earth Alaska the wild and the free, Mountains majesty, wildlife unspeakable, I shot 3 Caribou and hunted Moose in my teens. I became a natural athlete and an adventurer early in life. I learned to swim, snow ski, water ski, scuba dive and play tennis, racquetball and loved Gymnastics. I did motto cross motorcycles, daredevil stunts could run like the wind played Pitcher in Baseball and speed skating and snow machine racing in the winter. There was nothing I was afraid to do or try. I have a pin in my ankle and a fractured collarbone in my shoulder. Rolled a Volkswagen bug. At age of 17 left home with a pal from Alaska to Tulsa Oklahoma started out as a stocker in a grocery store and ended 7 years later married and having done all in a grocery store accept working the meat department. Had 2 boys and ending with a divorce because I was not interested in wealth or position in life but loved contentment; my wife at the time wanted more, a house and white picked fence and for me to be someone I wasn’t at the time. She took the boys to raise them and I suffered a deep depression actually a mental breakdown which affected me for 2 years of my first Navy Career. I had genius ability to remember and recall everything and only now have some short-term memory loss because of it. There were times I could not complete my sentences and would loose my train of thought in the middle of a sentence. I lost 30 lbs at the time due to crying and not being able to eat than; joined the Navy as a last resort in 1980. I was single for the next 13 years of my Navy Career and Married again in 1994 to a Filipina. She turned out to be superficial and loved her job her friends and me lastly when she needed her car repaired. I lacked intimacy and a deeper relationship after a bad 15 year commitment. I was advised by lawyers to file bankruptcy due to the drop in market values and owning a 600,000-dollar home in Southern California net worth of 300,000. We are still clearing our debts and filed for Divorce as well giving up our 4 timeshares and several other empty lots and properties in the USA and 50,000 worth of credit card debt of excellent credit. I asked to keep my Cabin property and an empty lot near me here in Tennessee both worth of 250,000 but not much equity. I acquired in 2009. During my Navy Career, I seen the world been to Africa India and know the differences in elephants seen rhinos in a river and a herd of lions with their cubs. Been surrounded with 8 ft w...Expand for more