carl

My mother and father were divorced when I was 3 years old. My father and stepmother got custody of my older brother and myself. My sister and 2 younger brothers went to my mother. My older brother and I were abandoned by my father on my 6th birthday. We lived in a foster home until I turned 17. It was not a nice happy place, made Cinderella's stepmother look real nice.Lived on the streets when I was 15, went home at night after everyone was in bed. Joined the Marine Corp at 17 and 2 days old. Spent 4 years in there seen and been many places. Got out.Lived in the desert of California for 2 years. Worked in the open pit iron ore mines.Moved to Denver Colorado lived there for 9 years. Loved it.Injuried my back when I was 23. I have had 3 spine operations can get around okay most the time.Moved back to the Detroit area in 1985. Became totaly disabled in 1987. Spent the better part of next 7 years in bed do to my spine injury. Had my 3rd and finale operation to fuse my back.I was feeling frisky so I enrolled in Eastern Michigan got my BBA then earned my Masters.