Written by Matte Swartz
John Stainbrook was born December 27, 1963. His parents told him he was born a month after John F Kennedy. He grew up in a sort of busy place, called a suburb. A suburb is a town that is really close to a city. John had six brothers and sister. He said, "he fought constantly with them".
John enjoyed playing outside riding bike and hanging out with his friends. Chess was one of his favorite board games. In the summer he was always in the pool swimming with the rest of his friends. John was very particular about his sports he only like some.
John loved to play with action figures call G I Joe's. John and his neighbor buds would have fake weapons and play war. Evel Knievel was a very famous guy. Evil would jump lots of cars so that is what John and his friends would do.
Some of John's chores were to feed the dog and cat. His sitters had a bird and he took care of it but feeding and cleaning its cage. And like like other kids John would clean his room. John also had some other chores like most kids.
John went to a public school in Olathe. Some of his favorite subjects in school were history, literature, music, and science. John's favorite teacher was his FIFTH grade teacher. His fifth grade teacher was from the south so she had a very strong southern accent. John wanted to be a lot of things when he grew up but most of all he wanted to be an astronaut.
What John mostly remembers about events happening is colored TV. Colored TV was a big thing they finally got color on a TV. John also remembers the landing on the moon he thought that, that was really cool. He also remembers personal computers and video games. On TV he remembered hearing about cloning.
From growing up today then when John was growing up is way different. Technology and cellphones have changed so much said John. Now you can get to the Internet in one click of a bottom and you could not do that when John was growing up. Books and entertainment have changed a lot. John said there are a lot more interesting and jaw dropping books.
John went to a college and a university. John did not know want to study. John thought ahead in life and he new that he wanted to be a dad so he thought what was good for his family. John started to fall in love with computers and they played well so that is what he was going to study. John never fought in the military, but his dad fought in World War Two.
John's job most of his life was computers. John's favorite part of his job is " It's always changing and always fun". What he least likes about it is its changes to fast and he can't keep up.
John got married in "1986" and he was 22. There wedding was traditional it was in a church. For their honeymoon they went to Hawaii. It was very tropical.
John has 2 boys. The oldest was born in 1992 and his name is Daniel. The youngest was born 1993 and his name is Michael. John said the best part about being a parent would be "Everything". The worst part would be them getting sick.
Today John loves to play guitar. He now is in love with reading. Playing video games on PS3 and other things interest him. Family is very important to him and loves to hang out with them. He still is in love with playing chess. Johns typical day is heading to work. He does activities with his family.
Important things to John are. God because he gives me strength and hope. Family because they create love. And friends because of companionship.
In John's 20's he mostly remembers raising children and finishing college. In his 30's he mostly remembers modern music doing more things with his boys and making a big career. In his 40's he was surviving long leather backpack trips. And finally his 50's his boys went off to college and he is trying to learn to be without them.
John says growing old really is ok he now has a better perspective in how life looks. The hardest parts of growing old is people in your family start to die and John's body hurts. The best things about growing old is he keeps getting better at cooking.
John's favorite part of life so far is getting to be a husband and father. John has always loved his boys. John's proudest moments are anything his boys did even if they failed.
The best part of living in Anthony is getting to raise my kids on a farm said John. John's favorite memory of Anthony is when he first moved to Anthony and he learned the insistence of counter checks.
John says a good life is "Happy good and living your life for others and God". John said what he wants his children and grandchildren to think of him is that he loved them and he was proud of them.