Patti Dallas:  

Life My life has been an interesting series of events. It seems so long ago I lived in Pullman Washington. I do go back to visist, as my sister lives in Spokane. Like everything, it has changed and yet some of the same things are there. Mostly the memories. It was a good place to grow up. Last summer I had the previledge of taking my oldest granddaughters there. They are now 15 and 13.In 1970 I married a Hopi Indian I met in Arizona. Through the course of time I ended up in Phoenix Az where I have lived since 1983. I was married only 13 years and the year I moved here my marriage was over. I had four children, 2 boys and 2 girls to raise. I was forturnate to get a job at a utility company, after going to a brief computer programing school. After 13 years as a housewife and a mother, I had to do something. This year I will have 22 years with that company. I work in Customer Service in a business office and enjoy my work. Besides my two oldest granddaughters I mentioned, my youngest daughter has a 5 year old daughter which makes 3 wonderful granddaughters that I spend alot of time with even though they don't live here. Phoenix has grown alot in the time I have been here. We do have very hot summers. You don't ever really get used to them, but learn to survive them. It is the winters, when some of you are being rained on or scraping ice off your windows, and I am wearing a light jacket or none at all. I miss the four seasons, especially Fall. We don't have that, but in Arizona you can drive 3 hours north and experience winter if you want to. My very favorite place on earth is Sedona. It is my home away from home. I visit often and have some good friends there. It is a place of wonder; breath taking beauty, peaceful energy and a small town. I go hiking there when I can and spend every summer for a week at my time share. ...Expand for more