Frank Reyes:  

Life Other than the two years I was in the service, I've lived in Tucson all my life. I felt like moving to San Diego once though. I love San Diego. I could drive up and down that freeway (I-8) all day long. It is so pretty. I almost stayed in Chicago after I left the service but I didn't know anyone there and one winter was enough for me. I was stationed right next to Lake Michigan and that wind during the winter used to come from the lake. Brrrrrr. Spent a Christmas there and it had snowed. A white Christmas. It was really pretty. There were only me and one other guy from our detachment that Christmas Eve. He wasn't to happy and he kicked over the Christmas tree that had been set up in our day (recreation) room . Boy, there was alot of things to do in Chicago though and Chicago has rivers that really have water running in them all the time. I have been married for almost 40 years. I have three kids, My son Gabriel who is 32, my daughter Linda who is 31 and my youngest son Gregorio who 25 years old. My children are my lagacy. Had Gregorio when I was close to forty. He calls me "tata" (grandpa for those of you who are not of American of Mexican descent). He was kind of a surprise so we were going to name him "Oops" if a boy and "Oopa" if a girl. It took me awhile (Hey, beer-thirty used to come around alot for me) but I finally became a Registered Civil Engineer in March of 2001 at almost 51 years of age. (Man, we're old aren't we????). No big deal to some but I am proud of it because I did it all by my little ole lonesome. Had no help from anyone. I worked in construction, wh...Expand for more