“I think nowadays that kids are soft and are treated like babies by their parents. When I was growing up I got whooped with anything my mom or dad could find doesn't matter what it was. If I was acting up or doing something I wasn't supposed to do I got whooped with a belt, cord, hanger, ect. Parents nowadays think that it’s child abuse or that it isn´t right but how are your kids supposed to learn discipline. If you don't whoop them and instead ground them then that could just lead to them doing it again, but if you whoop them then they are going to remember how much it hurt and not want to feel the pain again. Parents need to stop babying their kids. They need to be whooped to show who is the parent. People who don't whoop their kids are just ignorant, and it shows in public if your kid is cussing you out or not listening to you or telling you what to do then it shows that their kid isn't getting in trouble or getting whooped. My dad helped me do right and wrong but I still messed up and got in trouble and I got in a lot of trouble but I learned my lesson. I didn't do it a second time. But in all my kids won't disrespect me and act up and if they do they are getting whooped with a belt.’’

‘’I can remember the moment like it was yesterday winning that Nokona championship, there were seven teams, they were from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, the games were tough and they had to show up to play. The first game was the toughest, it was an early game and we were all tired, but after that first home run we all woke up and we were ready to play. We ended up winning all the games and taking home the crown. Once we got done we went and celebrated. We celebrated at a Pizza Hut. When we got done eating the drive home was a long one, we all fell asleep and didn't wake up till the next day at noon.”

In the early ’90s, I played football for Waco Christian High School. I was a starter on the varsity team. I played center on the offensive line, and I also started on the defense as a defensive end. During my senior year, I busted my chin open during the Homecoming game. I did not get stitches even though I probably should have. I still have a scar today. My favorite memory from football was scoring a safety during my senior year. On the kickoff, I was able to tackle the other team’s receiver in the end zone, which resulted in a safety. My team had many ups and downs. The games were we played hard and focused, we won. We made it to the playoffs. Unfortunately, we would always lose the first round in the playoffs. After I graduated from high school, I went to Stephen F. Austin State University. I knew when I graduated from Waco Christian High school I wanted to be a teacher. I decided to be a history teacher because of my father. My father was a history teacher for my whole childhood. I am from a family of teachers. I studied government and history. I was a fairly typical student and I don't have any crazy stories to pass on. I was in college for 4 years. I applied for a job in Grandview, Texas, and have been a teacher here since.

High school was probably one of the best times of my life. My first car was a Honda Element, I did everything in that car. When I was in high school I played many sports. By far the thing I loved about my car was that the back seats could lay out. At my church we had this old little couch that I could fit in the back, so like before basketball games we would pull out the couch and grill hotdogs, and just hang out before we had the game. Basketball was big but football was a HUGE thing in my town, almost like Grandview. Sports were my life, and they taught me many great lessons. I learned teamwork and how to never give up.

In high school, I went on a mission trip to Chihuahua, Mexico and that trip really changed me. My entire outlook on life changed, I was looking over the city and seeing all the lights and seeing how far everything could go. Then I came to realize everybody is searching for something within themselves, everyone has a brokenness within themselves and everyone is looking for something to please the hurt. After that, I got into music and bible studies and knew I wanted to become a pastor. All with just one outlook of a city it changed me forever.

I’ve lived in Grandview for about a year. I have also gone to church here for 3 years before that I would drive from Waco to Grandview every time I had church. Cara and I were newlyweds and had moved together. We had to learn how to make time for friends and be a couple with school and jobs. It was hard but we did it. In that time I met many great people and lots of people in Grandview. I’m proud to be a part of the community, the church is my home.

I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. My favorite childhood memory was eating cold snow cones on a hot summer day with my dad. I got married on October 19, 2014. I have two girls that are ten and eleven. When I was younger I moved to Minnesota with my dad. When I was twelve and started living there and then moved to Texas when I was 25. I like to travel a lot and I have been to 10 different states in the U.S. When I was younger I liked to play in the cold white snow and snowboard in Minnesota. My favorite hobbies are cooking and playing a lot of sports. I like to watch a lot of movies, and my favorite movie is “Walk in the Woods”. My favorite sport to watch and play is football, and my favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys.

I was born and raised in Grandview and lived here for 52 years. My favorite memory is knowing everyone and feeling safe. Knowing everyone was reassuring, to say the least because I know everyone’s got my back if I needed them. For example, I was filling up propane tanks for my husband and the bottles got too heavy for me to carry, but luckily my next-door neighbor was outside and yelled out to see if I needed his help and he did help me. I've known him for a long time and I know that he would do anything for anyone.

Having family members here is so useful when you need someone to talk to. For example, my grandson was recently in a car accident and left him mentally and physically disable and it's putting a lot of pressure on me and my baby girl. Trying to keep up with the flow is a lot harder now than ever. Seeing my baby girl take care of her sons and a daughter going to college, I'm trying to help wherever I can. It is putting a lot of stress on me so I try to talk to my family whenever I can so I can feel better. I know my daughter needs help, but it is getting too much for me and her so I'm trying to help by going ahead and buying a house so they can't get out of the small camping trailer. Seeing her happy would make me the happiest person because she seems so stressed.

“I was 9, in 1991, my parents got divorced, by far, it was the most difficult situation to get over. I am a very open-minded person and very outspoken, and will help anyone that I see that needs help or that needs someone to care for. I like to try new things, change of any sort, and watching fake reality tv shows is what I find rewarding. Having divorced parents is what I struggled with the most only because It was different and at the time I didn’t know what to expect or change. It was hard for me to go through that change only because it was something that I wasn’t ready for. If it weren't for that big new change, I wouldn’t be the same person that I am today. Although divorce for kids can be overwhelming, that was their decision and I had to live with that. I became a very social person after that and I enjoyed change due to the constant moving around. In 2003, I had joined the Air force and around that time I had met my husband who was also in the Air Force. He soon got deployed to Germany in 2012 and we had 2 children at the time and I would say Germany was a change that I was happy to live with. In 2018 we moved back to the U.S.A, I was still in college getting all of my degrees in Germany, I got my teacher’s degree from Texas and started teaching in Grandview, Texas. One of my goals is to get a national teacher certification. I see a lot coming in the future, but in my free time, I like to watch fake reality Tv shows, such as; Kitchen Nightmares, Criminal Minds, etc. In future tense I see myself driving a convertible with a short haircut. People describe me as a very confident, loving, outgoing, free-spirited person."

When I was still a child, my dad died when I was 4. My grandma also died. I got over it quickly, but I never really got over my dad's death until 4th grade. While my dad was no longer alive, my mom was still looking out for me. I found her to be an important person in my life and decided to look up to her. My mom's life was not easy being a single mother and having to take care of a 4-year-old by herself, but we still managed to get through it. I respect her for being able to hold her own. Today I still look up to her now and I always will. She has played a tremendous role in who I have become and she always will. I love her with all of my heart. Though she may die soon, I know that she will always watch over me and keep me safe in my times of need.

I have been to many places, but they are always better with my best friend. Though, my best friend and I don't really go on adventures together very often, when we do go together most of the time we end up in some sort of bad situation or we have a terrible time like this one adventure in particular. We ended up going to the Big Bend which is located at the Big Bend National Park and we were walking on a path, and we saw there were bears near the trail so I got scared. My friend started walking past the bears and was teasing me for being scared and continued to walk past them. I saw an elderly couple that walked past me so I decided to have the confidence to walk past the bears. We went to eat at a restaurant after to calm my nerves. When we showed up at the restaurant and went inside people ended up looking at us weirdly, and they were starting to discriminate against us and they were asking what our kind was doing there so we decided to go find another place to eat at. The restaurant that we went to after the problem was a lot better because nothing like that happened there so my friend and I were able to enjoy an amazing tasting hamburger.

When I was a little kid I have always wanted to be a Firefighter, but as I got older, I changed my mind. I decided I wanted to go into the Army. I enlisted, and I have traveled all around the world. I have been to three different parts of Asia 11 different parts of Germany and Europe and Mexico also the U.S. During the Army training my favorite part of the Army was shooting guns. Whenever I shot the guns I just wanted to hit my target and that's what I did. The coolest thing I have done in the army was I was in this simulation in battle and there were about 3,000 people on my team and 3,000 people on the other team. I was one of the last people still alive and I had to go up against about 50 people and we won the battle. When we won I got the opportunity to meet the general and the captain as a reward and they gave us medals as an appreciation of our duty and sacrifices. When I was completed with all my training and duties I went back home I started a family. I have two boys. I got married to the love of my life and we started a family in Grandview, and I started my own business called Hattleburg Consulting. Living in Grandview is fine but where I want to live is in Bozeman, Montana. I want to live in the mountains there. Some of the pet peeves I have are bad drivers and chewing ice. Bad drivers are everywhere and they are my biggest pet peeve. If I had superpowers I would have time travel so I could eliminate covid-19 and that way not many people die due to the vires and so that way Donald Trump would still be president and that there will be no more lockdowns and that way we could still live 2020. My other superpower would be mind control like we all wanted to we could all go to restaurants and eat all our favorite foods. My favorite food is Mexican meat and garlic potatoes.