Here is a paragraph from my book stating how and why I bought desolate desert land. Todd is the man who married me. He was 18 years older. The ceremony refers to a marriage civil ceremony "Not long after that fateful ceremony, I turned twenty-one. Todd celebrated by asking me to use my trust fund to buy land in Chandler, Arizona. Past the dairy farm and the rodeo arena, there were alfalfa fields newly zoned for mobile homes. He said we could get rich quick on the land while living cheap in a trailer. Whenever I objected to moving out of town, Todd threw a fit, until it seemed easier to comply with his wishes than to confront his temper."