December 1998: Daniel Christopher Taylor

This month's Photo Album is dedicated to our firstborn on the eve of his 22nd birthday! (Story begins at bottom) We love you, Dan! Our Prayers Go with you as you reach for your dreams!
	Dan is known for his easy-going, genuine, unconditional friendship, and his fun-loving spirit. Among his many admirers are his parents and nine siblings.
...and now is having great success in the School of Computer Science at Purdue. He earned summer internships at Microsoft in '98, '99, and 2000. His family loves to get a little of his spare time!
	Graduation from GCHS in 95 was followed by...Freedom!...at college. He lacked focus initially, but began to develop a vision incorporating computing with artistic expression...
Dan's artistic interests blossomed in high school: cooking, singing, dancing, drawing, painting, sculpture, reading, & much more! A chance to explore his potential.
What a difference two years make! From ages 14 to 16, Dan went through...		a radical change, searching for his own identity. Tough times! (His parents needed a lot of training: nine more to follow!)
Our first computer was an Amiga. Dan was enthralled with it from the first day. We later upgraded by adding a hard drive with a whopping 512K! This was the beginning of a (so far) lasting love affair with computers.
	Dan took on Suzuki violin lessons for a while, but with the (overzealous) help of his father, that soon bit the dust. He was really quite good! Here he plays for his greatgrandma Anita at her 90th birthday party
Here are a few pictures of Dan ages 4-6 years. He loved climbing, exploring,		jumping, and performing from the time he could walk! By age 5 he had 2 younger brothers.
	"Danny" was born on January 1,1977 in Fort Wayne, Indiana (9lb,15 oz!).
Happy 22nd Birthday, Dan!
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