User:OrionPax9/Donald Matthew James Lowe

Donald Matthew "Matt" James Lowe was born on July 9th of 1985. He is the second child to John and Cheryl Lowe, he has an older sister Tonya Nicole Lowe-Woodward. Born in Nieuwegein, Holland, Matt's father was a career airman in the Air Force. His mother worked several jobs but was mostly a stay at home mom during most of his childhood. At six months of age Matt was moved from Nieuwegein to Whiteman AFB in Missouri. At Whiteman Matt had an average childhood, making friends with neighboring children, Buddy Spears, Nolan Jackson, and a few others. At the age of 5 Matt was thrust into school. Kindergarten was taught in half days at Whiteman Elementary, a morning class and an afternoon class, Matt attended the morning class. School came easy to Matt, but he found the work involved mundane and while his grades would be high at the beginning of the school year they would fall to average at the end, this pattern would continue until he reached college. Upon reaching the third grade it was time for the Lowe family to move again, this time back to Europe, to Aviano AFB, Italy. This move was quite difficult for Matt as his father was to leave six months early to secure a place to live and begin work. Those six months were very difficult for Matt as he was unsure of the situation. He would often feel ill in school and would leave to go home, eventually he was forced to see the schools therapist where he was confronted about his situation. Although he spoke honestly things did not improve until he was settled in Aviano. Italy was very different from Missouri and hard to get accustomed to in the beginning.