Seeking a Friend Long Dead

Back in the ’80s I had a friend in Mesquite named Jason Schaffer. I lived on Luau Street and he lived one street over on Aloha Drive. I didn’t see him as much as I did my other friends. Plus, he was about four years older than I was. I really looked up to him as I thought he was polite yet cool. I was told circa 1990 by other kids in the neighborhood that Jason had tragically hanged himself and died. He was evidently a high school sophomore at the time. I never heard more about him ever again. I started looking around on Ancestry.com and found some things. I hope to find someone who knew hom better than I – perhaps Jason Johnston or members of Mesquite FB groups.

Jason’s Final Yearbook Photo
Details about the yearbook the photo was taken from.
A loving memoriam

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Home in Time

I’ve always had this feeling that my birth month is like my home on the calendar. Almost like the Earth’s position in the solar system during that month (November) is my true home. The further out, the further from home. It’s weird because, aside from sleeping a ton, there’s nothing I can do to get there faster. I can’t just save up money and take a brief trip to November.

Have you ever had a feeling like that?…