About Me / You / Us / Them

As of right now, “us” is just me. My name is Joe Chavez and I’m a lifelong resident of Albuquerque NM.

I’m hoping that very soon the “us” will be a group of like minded people who believe that the answers to all the problems we have can be solved by living to learn together in peace according to a reasonable set of “house rules.”

When I was about 6 years old, my dad told me what the house rules were. There was only 1 rule, and it simply said “as long as you live under my roof, you will do what I tell you to do. And when the day comes that you can't do that, you know where the door is. Use that door and get out of my house.” I remember asking my father “aren’t I a member of this family too? Don't I have any rights?” He said “sure, you have the right to do what I say, or get out of my house.”

I remember thinking to myself “that’s not fair, but I do like having a bed to sleep in at night, and clothes to wear, and food to eat when I’m hungry. I don’t like your rules, but I’ll live by them until the minute I’m old enough to get out from under your roof.” “Then, I’m out of here!” While I hated the way that made me feel, I sure learned a lot about obeying rules, and living peacefully in someone else's house.

In 1990 my son, Jason was killed by a drunk driver who ran a red light while Jason was going through a green light.