Faces of Beale

Feb. 22, 2016
"...Why is our name Lambert?"

"Recently, my 8-year-old and 11-year-old daughters asked if there was a meaning to our last name. Where did it come from? Why is our name Lambert? I stared blankly back at them, I didn't know. My mom didn't know. My grandmother had no idea. After some research, I found out the name means, 'Bright
Feb. 1, 2016
"...I started developing comic book characters based on people in my life..."

"I love to draw. When I was a kid, my dad started challenging me to draw things. Every day when I came home from school he would have a drawing he did from a phone book advertisement and ask me, 'Can you draw that?' Then I would sit down to draw. I guess it was his way of bonding with me. When I was
Jan. 25, 2016
"... She would tell me that I was the best thing that ever happened to her...."

"When I was little, my parents got a divorce. My mom was an emotional person and had a rough time afterward. It seemed she never had any peace. Often we would go for a drive in her white Camaro so she could let off steam. Whenever she got tired of driving we would find a quiet spot, lay on top of
Jan. 14, 2016
"... Whenever I feel slighted I think back to what my father said and the examples he set for me..."

"By the time I was 10 years old I was developing an inferiority complex because of the color of my skin. It seemed to me that the media and American culture in general alluded to darker skin as being inferior. But my father taught me otherwise. He conveyed the success of other African-Americans as
Jan. 7, 2016
"... I like knowing that I am a vital part of mission success ..."

After high school I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. At 17, I participated in the local Police Department cadet training for youth and knew that was not for me. Then I participated in the Fire Department explorer training and knew that wasn't for me either. After that, I tried
Dec. 17, 2015
"...This deployment is the hardest thing I have ever had to experience..."

"We got engaged last Christmas in Yosemite. Then we got married in May, moved out here in June, and he was deployed in July. This is a first for everything with me. It's my first time being away from home and my first experience with deployment. The hardest day of my life was the day I had to put
Dec. 10, 2015
"...It's all about balance..."

"I started racing in BMX when I was 13 years old. At 17, I started racing pro and driving to races around the country. One time I saw a girl racing and wanted to meet her. We dated and got married, and our youngest son started racing when he was eight years old. BMX is a close knit community and
Dec. 3, 2015
"...You can work hard and make lots of money, but it's not worth it if you can't enjoy life..."

"After high school I joined my brother-in-law starting up a concrete business. We worked hard and made lots of money. By the time I left it was a multi-million dollar company. I wasn't happy. I worked 12 to 16 hour days six days a week, and one time worked myself into a heat stroke. I was in the
Nov. 19, 2015
"...I was forced to face the unbearable fact that my babies were not coming back..."

I had three sons, and my son Gregory called me one day and said Mom we lost them. I said, what do you mean we lost them? I learned on Feb.8, 2000, my twin 22 year-old sons Albade and Obadiah had been murdered while working on a car in Oakland. After one year I was still in shock and denial.
Nov. 12, 2015
"...You have to learn to fight those demons that tell you to quit..."

"It's easy to make excuses and talk yourself out of getting through difficult situations. You have to learn to fight those demons that tell you to quit. With that in mind, I qualified for the 2016 Ironman World Championship next October in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. If you think about the big picture, an