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How, and why, I came to Colorado Springs

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Contributed by: Greg Masley on 1/15/2007

I grew up in The OC in Southern California. I had never thought or heard about Colorado Springs until three years ago when my ex-wife, now remarried announced they had bought a house and were going to move my two Amerasian daughters Tatiana, 10, and Paulina, 9, to Colorado Springs.

So on my birthday, March 2, I packed up all my belongings and my computer service business MasleyAssociates.com and drove to Colorado Springs without knowing anybody or ever seeing or hearing about it. I decided to follow the same time that they did because my daughters mean the world to me and I couldn't take being without their smiling faces even for a short while.

"What's it like there?" I asked my daughters' mother. "Oh, it's just like Orange County," she said.

With that in mind, you can imagine the look on my face as I hit town and felt the cold temperature and saw snow all over the ground. "In what way is this at all like Orange County?" I thought. On passing through Nevada, my Ford Explorer blew the engine so now I was in a strange town without knowing anybody, any work or even a working car.

It took a lot of work and three years, but I made it. I have a new house two streets from where my daughters live with their mother and a thriving computer business MasleyAssociates.com, and I've also made a lot of new local friends. The most important thing is that I get to see my daughters regularly and they know their father loves them so much just topick up and move to a place he's never seen or heard of.

I do miss the beach, but I think coming to Colorado Springs to stay close to my daughters was the right choice. They know how much their father loves them, and I think that means a lot to daughters.

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Submitted By: Krista Blocher

posted on 1/26/2007 @ 11:27:17 PM

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Having a Fathers love is one of the most important things to a girl. Just remembering that you made so many sacrifices for them they will always think of their Daddy as their Hero! I have had my Fathers love, but it is strained to a degree because he played favorites to my sister so anytime we are all together under one roof my sister has to play the role that, she's the better daughter and more deserving than I am of his undivided attention. I could never see you Greg in this situation. I know it to be that you love them Undivided and Unconditionally which is the way it is meant to be! I really hope that Co. Springs welcomes you and you enjoy living here.... even if it is cold! Krista

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