Patricia King:  

Having spent most of my adult life in San Diego County, I've chosen this climate and lifestyle over many states where I have lived for a year or four! That happens when you have four kids to follow around! I spent 97-2001 in Meridian, MS helping my daughter Brenda with her 4 girls while she got her RN degree. Then we all moved to the beautiful Florida Panhandle, Destin, where I stayed another 4 years, and then returned to CA the day after Katrina hit! Being a climate hostage is not how I want to spend my "Golden Years"....or any more years. Daughter is still there with her four girls and now my five great grand daughters! My oldest daughter Teri and her husband, James, have been married since 1977 and live near me. They are members of the deaf community and that situation has enriched all of our lives. My son Scot lives in Los Angeles and is a toy designer for Mattel, getting even for all of those Big Wheels & Barbie's I bought. Beautiful daughter Nicki passed away in 1997 at age 38 in Carlsbad, CA. Her ashes are on Tamarack Beach in Carlsbad, CA, as mine will be someday. Their dad is in AWOL to fatherhood. Some guys went to 'Nam and got wounded, he went there, took R&R in Australia, got a woman preggers and divorced us all to bring her to the states. I got them st...Expand for more