Gabriel Escalante:
CLASS OF 1967
Excelsior Union High SchoolClass of 1967
Norwalk, CA
Neff High SchoolClass of 1967
La mirada, CA
Los Alisos Middle SchoolClass of 1963
Norwalk, CA
Loretta Lampton Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Norwalk, CA
Elmcroft Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Norwalk, CA
Gabriel's Story
Life
My oldest daughter asked if I would double-date with her and her fiance; a blind date!
Now Michelle and I have been married for fifteen years, and at 63 I have 14-year-old, 34-year-old, and 35-year-old daughters, and 11-year-old and 7-year-old granddaughters!
In 2007 I had a venoplasty to repair an old vascular injury that had been undiagnosed for 14 years: I had been in a serious auto accident but had few external injuries, just glass cuts and some back pain. As it turns out, I had damaged a vein in my chest, and was one of the 1% that survive after 2 years. I lost some vision in my right e...Expand for more
ye due to Glaucoma, but I feel better than I have in a long time.....it was January 8th, 2007.....my other birthday!
School
The best advice I have ever received was written in my '63 yearbook (author anonymous)"Take it easy.....who knows what could develop?".....
College
College after high school was a big party.....college after the military was a "learning experience".....
Workplace
No matter where you go in life.....you're there.....
Military
I found some new skills...honed some I already had...met some good people...some jerks...I learned what it means to be an American Fighting Man.....
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