made a few friends. one of them was my age and the other was dan hires. well, it all started. we are playing like a game of tag going on between me and two other kids. dan started running around playing tag with us. he was like a big kid. dan offered to be some sort of role model because the girl s biological mother was not in her life at the time. he offered to start taking me to karate cralasses. anything that was going on around town we would be a part of it. going to the fair, bike rides, going fishing. showed me how to shoot a gun.