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[05 Aug 2012|11:22pm] |
Aquanet, leather, and rock ‘n’ roll were the three main elements to the Sunset Strip back in the eighties. Cue ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and all the other glam rock bands that littered Los Angeles’ scene. In that very setting lived a young couple that took the highs and lows together. Substances were consumed heavily and daily, sometimes hourly. Their life could be summed up as racing in the fast lane and there it was that they had a near death experience.
A ruby red Camero was smashed up against the wall of the 101 needing the jaws of life to pull Thomas out of the driver’s seat. Months were spent in the ICU stabilizing his health with only few of his friends visiting. The only constant person in his life was the volunteer candystriper that was assigned to his floor. For an hour each day, she sat at his bedside and they spoke of the Lord. Though it took a few weeks for him to stop thinking she was full of shit, he finally came around. It was then with the help of that candystriper that he found God. With the death scare behind him, Thomas Dosser left the addicting scene at the age of 22 following his calling and newfound faith. With the candystriper by his side, the couple traveled north up the I-5 and put roots down quickly due to a growing bump in Katherine's stomach.
It’s said that the cries of Audrey Jo Dosser as an infant carried a melodic tune. This may simply be the thoughts of her parents but it did seem as though she was born to sing. She was sung to in the womb by her father and listened to hymns via a pair of large headphones on her mother’s large belly. Life in that warm womb would’ve been wonderful. Audrey’s personality was distinguished immediately being easy going and carefree, a very different take than her parents. From infancy to her childhood, nothing phased her. Her outlook on life was reminiscent of the laid back attitude her grandparents had in the sixties. That would explain why she was so close with Ma and Pops, Katherine's parents who helped raise the twins while their parents were on the road.
Thomas Dosser spent his time between work, church, and his family. Sundays and Wednesdays were devoted to the Lord, his days were in an office and his nights giving baths to his growing daughter. The urge to serve the Lord grew each day, much like his daughters, and soon he was enrolled in seminary school. His story and the way he sincerely spoke from the heart won over the church’s congregation. He took up the position of pastor of the local church after a retirement. Gaining notoriety, he was blessed to travel the nation speaking at all inviting churches and conventions. Most of the time, Katherine held down the fort in San Francisco raising her family but for a few engagements she joined her husband speaking of marriage and faith.
Audrey grew from a Shirley Temple lookalike to the young woman she is without losing that easy temperament. In school she excelled in the arts and attended church every Saturday, playing guitar and raising her voice in praise for the church choir. All in all, she became a model citizen in her parents’ eyes. Oh, if they only knew her wholesome daughter kept a secret hidden from all. Audrey simply wasn’t attracted to boys. There was no phase she underwent in being ‘boy crazy.’ No, it was more like innocent crushes on her female classmates. Rather than face damnation from the church or her parents, Audrey ignored her urges. Instead she focused on her musical talent and keeping up with the volleyball leagues competed in.
Height kept her from hitting from the outside and on the front line blocking. Instead it was her quickness that placed her firmly as a libero. A resume of the championships underneath her belt and a highlight reel of some of her more distinctive plays were sent out to NCAA coaches. Her high school games were littered with scouts as were the matches played with her league. As a senior, several lucrative offers have been placed on the table for Audrey from Berkeley and Stanford, both colleges on her list of dream schools. A horrible coming out experience led her to leave those offers behind along with her family and friends to spend her last year in Key West, Florida. It was there that Audrey began to break out of her shell and experience life as a newly legal teenager.
Life is never stagnant. Her time in Key West was cut short when she was shipped back to San Francisco. In one of the most liberal cities in America for homosexuals, Audrey was the most uncomfortable she'd ever been. Her father watched her like a hawk reminding her of all the Bible verses relating to men and women. Her mother made sure that her younger siblings remembered that only Barbie and Ken went together. Living in that environment became unbearable in no time at all. Audrey kept in contact with her brother, the fact that he was only half her kin a forgotten memory, letting him know what was going on. After a long talk with the Gipsons and the Dossers, Audrey left for her final move to Los Angeles, California, the city where it had all started.
( audrey a go go )
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