Both of my children were blond and fair complexioned at birth. At adolescence their hair began to turn brown. Both children were unspoiled and lovely individuals and had good dispositions. Brad was a little more adventuresome, a typical yet sensitive boy. He started school while in Oildale. He showed a marked talent for art. He was always drawing and reproduced people and figures with accuracy. During his adolescent years he felt the loss of a father and male leadership. After living several years on Washington Avenue, we decided to get us a house in the west side of Bakersfield. Vern helped move some of the furniture only to find out that Forrest was not allowed to move in because he did not have the proper papers or had not met some of the requirements and the furniture was moved back. Our next move was to Fairfax Road into a house that was furnished. It had the same floor plan as we now have on Greenwood Drive. We had been renting from a man who was working in Saudi Arabia, and he was returning and wanted his house back. About 1956, Mother sent me money and we used this for part of the down payment on the house at 2012 Greenwood Drive. The back yard faces west and the front yard faces east. This has always been very awkward in seeing where the children were as the attached garage, which extended to the front side of the house, blocked the view. Loads of sand on the south side had to be taken away so that air could go through under the house. This had come from the house that was built to the south of ours. The original builder of the house to the south moved and another couple moved in. She had a son by a former marriage who I let stay in our house for a time while Brad, Pam and I were visiting in Utah. The third neighbor we had in the house south of us were Harold and Elise Wainscott. They were wonderful neighbors and helped us out a great deal around the house and yard. The neighbors there now are the Binger family. We had hoped for another house or that we could have the house wired for 220 or have a built-in stove and oven but Forrest felt that these were too much to pay. Forrest was eligible for a Cal Vet Loan at the time, but he never did take advantage of this opportunity. One night while I was waiting for Forrest to come home, as he knew that I had a dance job that evening and needed a ride, we received word that Forrest had been in a serious auto accident that put him in the hospital for a few days. Forrest worked at every radio station in Bakersfield in one capacity or another and later at the TV Station. He was always anxious to better his position. He felt much disappointment in one aspect or another in his work conditions, always eager to get employment with a bigger and better operation. Forrest's voice was superior to any that I heard in Bakersfield. One of the programs he did on radio was poetry reading with an organ background. We were living in the Bakersfield 1st Ward and we met L. K. Abbott who also was in radio writing. L. K. used Forrest's