Ida Hogarth:  

Life Well, I was born 20 May 1963 at Gorgas Hospital in Ancon in the Canal Zone in Panama to Sgt and Mrs. Hogarth. I was named after two grandmas whose names are Aida and Ida. Pretty cool I think. My daddy got orders to Wright Patterson AFB, OH, In 1964 my brother Bobby was born and we lived there for a while until daddy got orders to Lackland AFB, TX. There we lived near a convent and catholic school in which I made lots of friends watching the kids during recess through a chain link fence. in 1967 Pauly was born. Then in 1968 daddy went to Korea and we had to stay behind since it was one of those unaccompanied tours. We got orders to Panama and off we went again. Panama was nice until my brother Pauly got really sick from so many shots interacting and ended up with a brain tumor of the Medulla Oblongata. Bobby and I had to stay with relatives in Panama City since mom and daddy and had to go between the US and Panama. Being thrusted into the culture well I went from speaking english to spanish in no time. It was fun and really got some sightseeing in at the tender age of 4 and 5. I missed american kindergarten but because of circumstances, my aunt talked to some nuns and got to attend Kinder with a spanish convent school and afternoons were spent with a great cousin Gladys who finished teaching me writing skills. When things finally cooled down with Pauly we moved into military housing and lived at 1531-D on Howard AFB. Boy we ran the housing area on our little bikes. Bobby and I went swimming at Farfan pool, Rodman pool and I was in Girl Scouts and even went walking on the ocean floor at low tide. I had such and adventerous life there. I went to Howard Elem. for first grade until third, although before starting first grade daddy had to reteach me English since I was so insistent on speaking Spanish lol and then to St. Mary's Parochial school for fourth and fifth. Then dad had orders to Iran and even to Turkey both of which were cancelled on him until we came to Michigan to Wurtsmith AFB. I had Britannicas and would look everything up. I completed the rest of my schooling at RiverRoad Elem. and Robert D. Richardson jr high and Oscoda High where I graduated but made lots of lasting friendships. I took the ballet in jr high but didn't care for it cause I felt the teacher wasn't teaching us the proper methods for classical. I did Track but got bored with it. Would have prefered baseball on the guys team. Lol I had a few crushes but they didn't go anywhere. Most of the guys picked on me cause I was small. Got called names like pipsqueek and string beans. Never had a date either until I graduated but they were duds, they either wanted to get wasted or have sex neither of which I partaked. I was too clean and girly next door. I did like my foreign language classes though. Got married and then got pregnant with my one and only child Anthony who I think is a pretty cool guy. He turned out wonderful and is planning on going to the State Academy to be a Trooper. Up until now my life was pretty adventerous and kool. I now live in a mobile home park and keep house and take care of my pets, while my husband works. I wish I had more kids but it seems my exes and present husband don't like kids.(Selfishness really). Still dream of finding that guy who loves kids, God and Country and want to live a nice quiet life in the country and just let me be me. Ps. I have 2 dogs, 6 cats and a part-time Chinchilla when my son needs time alone from her. Looking for a fun job now so I can get me a new Kawasaki motorcycle and truck. Wish I could have brought home a tank, J/K. School Memories,huh? Well, let's see, I loved Foreign Language classes, my English and Geography. I wish my mom would have allowed me to date, how I would have loved to have gone to the Prom had I been asked. I had a few crushes but of course they never knew. One was Michael Wynne and the other was bad boy Kevin Tester. I also sort of liked Jim Rutherford but you guys never looked my way, except to tease me. My craziest memory was of a girl who OD on something or another and that really made think about never, ever to do drugs. I wouldn't have anyhow since I was a goody-two shoes and still am. My favorite day was Graduation of course since for me it meant I was finished and could go on to other things in life and leave home. I was so ready to go to when I joined the military. The few teachers that were inspiring to me were Mrs. Gordon, I really enjoyed being in her classes, Mrs Haley who really encouraged my writing and gave me good insights and ideas and although they were not HS teachers; Mr Diment gave me the love of woods and power tools and Mr. Hayes the love of travel and Africa, although I have yet to travel there. I just want to say Thanks a MIllion times over to those teachers, they were cool and I love them for what they gave me and lessons I learned in their classes. If I could go back in time, I feel I would have wanted to go to the Prom and I would have screamed at my parents to get my braces and contacts as well as allow me to date. I think I would have wanted to be more assertive as I am today thanks to the miliary. NO, I would not want to be in HS again, I hated the people who teased me and the guys who never asked me out. College Hi, let see, I started college late. After being dismissed from the Army I went to Dorsey Business School in Roseville, MI for a Certification in Administrative Specialist. Then I liked school so muc...Expand for more