Steven Dawson:  

As I sit here thinking of the last 21 years since I finished high school I think of good friends of the past, time wasted since and hope for the future. I cannot claim to have had a beautiful life but it has been both good and bad. Those who remember me probably remember the goofy kid who didnt really fit into any mold. I was me. Me and that goofy little grey car that I loved got into much trouble, had lots of adventure and had alot of fun with my friends. Sam Gelndenning, Jason French, Keith Parish, Jerry Glover and Jim Brock to name a few. When we were young we couldnt wait to get out on our own and see the world. Now, years later, I look back with a sense of longing for the simpler days of my youth and the time when friends were just waiting to get into trouble with you. Ok, enough nostalgia. Well, I left Southside High School in the spring of 1987 and started on an Assoc degree in electronics. I graduated from college in July of 1989 (Southern Technical college in Little Rock, I think it is now closed) and took a job at Texas Instruments in Dallas operating equipment that made computer chips. I even wound up living in the samd apartment complex that John French lived in. Much to chigrin of his wife we continued to get into trouble. After a couple of years at TI I got into Equipment Maintenance and was very happy. Time passed by and I eventually was terminated from TI in April of 1995. It was a hard time for me. I learned alot about how people are nothing but numbers to large corporations. During this time I became very close to my longtime friend Nicole Basil. She and I got married in Aug of 95 and were happy. I took a job with Motorola in Oct of 95 and we moved to Austin Texas. We bought our house in Dec of 95 and she was pregnant with our child in Jan 96. My son David Michael Dawson was born 10-08-96 and I cannot remember a time of greater joy in my live. At that time I had it all and was truly happy. Three weeks later (the day after my birthday) I was laid off. When I was in high school I wanted to work on electronic equipment but I had on idea of the type of unstable field that I was getting into. I was Mr. Mom for 9 months with my newborn son. Eventhough I was jobless, it was a good time. I got to spend more time with my infant son than most fathers get and I am thankful but I was gettin restles...Expand for more