Bonnie Legendre

Earliest memories; 1963-4?, not a year old. France, an ugly brown... ford? van stopping on the cobble stones, my father purchasing a brace of conies from an old woman on the street. I sit in a high chair watching my father cook on an old wood stove, ...crepes?. 1967-70? Kindergarten, Fairfax county? VA. Where is Thumpkin, Hoppity-Hops, Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo. I remember being at a friends house racing by his mother's bed room stopping, staring dead in my tracks as I saw his mother's naked reflection in the vanity mirror. Norton, MA. North Worcester Street 1970. My favorite childhood house. Father, Army Recruiter. Wake up at 5am to the Farmer's Report, waiting for Saturday morning cartoons. Chickens, a pig named after my cousin Alice. pear trees, tad poles, big black run down barn, a giant willow beside the dirt drive. Bobby and Billy, neighborhood twins raiding my fathers hot pepper patch, *snicker, Cindy and Debbie Liberty, baby sitting sisters across the street. 1971?-74 Mansfield, MA. Spalding Elementary School, Mrs. Appleman, 1st grade teacher. A chocolate factory, oooh yumm, the smells everyday the wind is right. also lived in a second house on North Main Street. It had a very large cigar shaped rock with a broken depression at the top in the front yard. We children called it The Rock Car. 1974 Baumhoulder, West Germany. Father returns to army construction engineer. Family break up. 1976 Attleboro Falls, MA., (with mother). Childhood dog, Major a Shepard mix. 1977 Fort Belvoir, VA. Best Friends; David Hampton and James Taylor. father returns from West Germany. Failed reunification, children with father. 1980-81 Seoul, Korea. With father as a dependent. 1981 return alone to mother, Norton Grove, MA. Enlisted in the US Army. 19D, Cavalry Scout. Fort Knox, KY. Basic/AIT 1982 Fort Hood, TX. 1st Cavalry Division. 1982-83 2nd Armored Division, Bongil-chon, South Korea. Married; Yun Hui Cha, son born; Nathaniel Arhtur. 1984 Finished time in service In Fort Hood, TX. Returned to family, Norton Grove, MA. Daughter Elizebeth Jin Hui born. Paniced and re enlisted. 1984-87 Savannah, GA. Hunter Army Air Field. Daughter born; Elisha Yun Hui. 1987-89 Badkissingen, West Germany Ended time in service. 1989-94 Upper Darby, PA. Stroehmann Bread delivery. Son Born; Joshua Alexander Family break up. Acquired CDL-A. 48 states semi driver. 1999-2005 Oilfield driver, Rock Springs, WY. 2006 Casper, WY. 2008 to current. Remarried; Amber Elizabeth (Fromm), Johnson. Diagnosed Schizoid Personality Disorder. Border line Schizophrenia, SSD, (disability).