My name is Richard a 58 year old American, this is my blog, names Richard on the side, the name of my first business venture. I was born on Kodiak island in Alaska. This blog is more of an online journal about my life and experiences. My background is Eskimo, Aleut, Athabascan, Icelandic, Norwegian, British, Scottish, Swedish few other blips. I survived the 1964 Alaskan Quake the 1971 Sylmar quake in California. I am also a recovering alcoholic since late 1995. I have lived in California, Washington, Alaska and now reside in Arizona. in 2013 I was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer and with the grace of God, I am still here today. I have worked many jobs, including Commercial fisherman, Carpenter, Contractor, and Computer Specialist. I have 4 children. I had also lost an eye at 23 years old, that is a quick rundown of who I am, nothing special, just another human trying to make sense of this life we have been given. I started drinking before my teens and was an alcoholic by the time I was 15. these are my stories and view on life, which I know do not line up with everyone else, how could they, we all are so different, yet the same. finding our the last year that I had another child. really, we all come from different experiences, even brother and sisters in the same home. I knew that when I had the cockanamy idea to raise my daughter equal as the boys, well that did not work out for me. she shut that operation down pretty early. I drank for years and the only thing that gave me the motivation to quit was the thought of losing those babies. kicked to the curb living alone in an apartment on fireweed lane. I am trying to evolve as a human and at the same time make sense of this life we have been given. I consider myself a Christian, as that the religion that I was introduced at an early age, as a Russian Orthodox. I have never been one for church or reading the bible, yet find solace in that God gave his only begotten son Jesus Christ so that we may have everlasting liffe, that sums up my religion in a nutshell