Tony Trout

Hi, everyone! My name is Tony and I live in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. I'm 37 and single (but always looking!). I was born with Cerebral Palsy & Hydrocephalus (the latter is usually called, "water on the brain") on May 20, 1976 and I was also a preemie weighing 2lbs. 9oz. and spent the first sixteen months of my infant life in hospitals after my parents were told at my birth that I would not live and, if I did, I would have to be institutionalized and I would live in a vegetative state for the rest of my life. However, God intervened and He has allowed me to live to 2014 - a year in which I will become the age that my father was when he died from a heart attack while driving a tractor-trailer in New York. I guess I don't need to explain that I'm a born-again Christian and have been since 1991, shortly before my Mother's father, and my Grandfather, passed away from bone cancer. Due to my last name being "Trout" and also my health issues, I was made fun of in high school by a bunch of boys who thought they were being cool by bullying me - but they weren't! The bullying and teasing (which went so far as me having my clothes set on fire while I was in them) caused me to drop out of high school in my Junior year. God has graciously gifted me with the ability to play several instruments: Guitar: Acoustic; electric; slide; lap steel; bass Drums Piano/Keyboards & I'm a singer. That's my intro. I hope that it wasn't too long. I'm glad to be here and I think I'm going to enjoy it very much!! Take Care, Tony Trout