K.C.

Thanks Cia and Sharon for all of the great information!

I wish you the best of everthing guys and all the wonderful joys of the world.

How very sweet!

I'm glad that I finished this story. I was undecided if I was going to leave it and start a new story with Nash and Ross, but I like this ending.

How to know if you need an Editor or not? Maybe I just need a Beta Reader? I’ve been writing for years without an editor, since the stories have been for my own enjoyment. The closest to an editor is my grammar-neurotic best friend who circles mistakes with a fat red marker. Some pages looked like they have the chickenpox. GA is my first public display of my writing. In the last month, a good number of people have read my stories, but I’ve gotten very little comments or reviews. I’m not arrogant enough to say this is awesome and doesn’t need improvement, I just want someone to read and tell me what they think, what needs work, or if they catch errors that I miss. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone for the warm welcome to GA!

You can still be a soldier. My little cousin is a Ranger and he went into the military at age 22. Go for it!

Thanks for all the responses. Very cool seeing what everyone wanted to be and those who actual made it. I’m happy with my accomplishments even if they weren’t my childhood dreams, more like an adult facing the reality of providing for myself, but I make a real good living as a surgical nurse.

Happy Birthday Andy! I know it's early, but you know you love all of the attention Have a great one! KC

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Me…don’t laugh, but when I was real little I wanted to be a nun. How cool would it be to live in a great big church? Well, I kept telling everyone that I was going to be a nun and it wasn’t until my Mom burst my bubble and told me, first only girls could be nuns and second you had to be Catholic, which we weren’t. So, then I decided that I would be a paleontologist and started digging in the backyard. I never became one, but still love to go caving and search for fossils. So what was your childhood dream and did you ever become it?

Stirred very strong emotions. I've been in that same place in my past and it brought a bunch of old feelings flooding back. Sad but I really like it.

Very Interesting!

Don’t get me wrong- Weddings are wonderful and fun and Yes, Kate was Beautiful but I agree with Matt. There are too many important issues in the world for the entire universe to stop for them. Real Issues are dropped to the back burner. News like this should be on designated channels/sites/papers so IF you want to see it you can and IF you want to know what else is going on in the world… you can.

Weddings are nice but there is so much more important things going on in the world.

We had lots of flooding but not too much damage beyond a few trees down. My prayers and thoughts to those hit much much worse.

I’m happy with who I am. If someone doesn’t like me, that’s their fault. The door’s thataway------------------->

What a refreshing view on a cat's life...lives.

Oh Bob, So sorry to hear that. I will be sending positive thoughts your way no matter what you decide to do.

Don't know, I have a Sony e-book. I can reformat and download GA stories to that one. Oh and mine is a few years old so I don't know if the newer ones can still do the same incase you were thinking of getting one.

Don’t get me started on Googling yourself! I love to Googled myself. I’m not narcissistic, really. I didn’t want to see if I could find something on ME. I know all of the facts about me. With more than 6 billion people on this earth, anyone who thinks that they are the only Michael Jones or Bill Miller or KC Grim for that matter, is mistaken. Viewing someone else’s Facebook page or MySpace is just creepy. Their pictures with my name is so weird. 1,470,000 hits using the combination ‘KC Grim’ alone. My Mom is a Polish Immigrant with what I thought was a very unique name, but it was freaky to read her obituary…when she’s not dead. Is there any name that is still original? Are there any words that haven’t been spoken or written already? Not likely. But it doesn’t make me feel any less original, one of a kind, or unique knowing there is another KC Grim out there? Nope…I’m still me!

I'm like you guys, my FB profile is linked to my friends, family, co-workers and old classmates, but I'm still careful what I post. I have a kid who looks at my profile (on FB... NOT GA!) and everything I post is what I would say to someone in public- nobody needs that much information. If I wouldn't say it out loud then don't post it... that's my my rule. I didn't know until the other day that you could link your GA with FB, that's so not happening!

Good start. I can't wait to read more.

That is the fastest I've ever read! Flying over every word, needing more. Tragic yet Beautiful. For some reason I thought they were angels taking him away from the pain.

Oh my goodness, a tazer? Really??

I don't believe that. I agree that there is a large portion of society that is in committed relationships and the people on the market is slim pickings, but there is always a chance to find love. It's usually when you stop looking that you find it.

TetRefine, you stole the words right out of my mouth. My Grandfather was killed at age 59 leaving my Grandmother alone. She lived another 25 years and found love a few more times on her way. She never remarried but she was very loved. I feel so lucky that I found the love of my life so young, but If something happened to either of us, I would hope that we would go on to love again! Everyone needs that chance.