I began writing poetry and songs after retiring from the US Air Force serving at the facility in San Antonio Texas. My military career included one year in the US Marine reserves then went to spend...view moreI began writing poetry and songs after retiring from the US Air Force serving at the facility in San Antonio Texas. My military career included one year in the US Marine reserves then went to spend twenty years in the Air Force. After writing that first poem my writing had no end. I began writing songs and poetry. The songs carried me to the NSAI Critique Session in Pineville I have been richly blessed with family members. My first son was born in France, the second son died in birth, then a daughter and son in Clover, SC. Next I was again blessed with two more daughters through a second marriage and finally a daughter we adopted. My wife, Karen and I are members of Christ the King church in Charlotte NC; We are surrounded with family and friends.view less