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Utah Years Gallery

  • Diana - 25 years
  • Alan and Diana - 1989
  • Alan and Marian - Corpus House
  • Early on, Alan had patient mentors
  • Ladies with Marian on a Texas visit
  • Diana and Girls at Sideling Hill Cut visitors center
  • Diana and Girls - 1997
  • Diana Graduation
  • Diana Sitting at Graduation
  • Diana and Twins at Graduation
  • Alan and Diana's Family
  • Alan First Time Fishing Green River
  • Alan Fly Fishing Provo
  • Group Shot in Corpus
  • Nora's Christmas Gift
  • Al with Twins in Crib
  • Al with Jean Stapleton
  • Diana with Erin and Mallory Salt Lake City 1992

 

I ended up in Utah, by means of a director I met while at Ithaca College who happened to be in New York picking up a Clio for some TV spots he produced. He invited me to join him on a couple of productions he had in the works in Salt Lake City. So after graduating, Diana and I, like generations before, packed up the wagon and headed west.
Clear of the chaos, I watched John and Mark weather the storm while I stayed protected by the fortress of family, work, fly fishing, and thirteen hundred miles.

About the Memoir

Wandering in Oblivion is a son's journey along the dark shores of memory, as he scavenges for meaning to his mother's tormented schizophrenic life. Discovering in the end, that her courage - forged from the relentless illness - might be her greatest gift to him.

If someone you know is struggling to deal with a loved one suffering with schizophrenia or other mental illness, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is available to provide support, education and awareness. They are a valuable resource and have many local chapters that are "dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness."
Don't go it alone. www.nami.org

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  • San Antonio, TX
  • alan@wanderinginoblivion.com
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