Mark Amos:  

Tried military service instead of college from high school, partly due to just wanting out of Missouri and partly due to being a bit rudderless after my dad's death, then after my 4 year stint it was time to move on. Military life didn't agree with me and wrecked my first marriage, I still regret that-- should have worked harder to try to save it, and I still miss her sometimes (my high school sweetheart - haven't seen her since 1986). After the military, the recession of the mid-to-late 80's "helped" me bounce around jobs, I got remarried and went back to college at 25 - college worked out and the marriage didn't. A child came late and we tried to make it work again, had another baby but the marriage fell apart again soon after I graduated college. We were already separated anyway so it was just better for everyone to call it quits. Being a part-time dad was tough, living 3 hours away from them, but we all made ...Expand for more