Some people believe they were put on this earth to do one thing.
Over the past 17 years, Hollister resident Brian Boatwright has
come to realize what that one thing is for him.
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I think sometimes I was put on this planet to be a daddy,
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he said.
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(My kids) are the love of my life.
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Hollister – Some people believe they were put on this earth to do one thing. Over the past 17 years, Hollister resident Brian Boatwright has come to realize what that one thing is for him.
“I think sometimes I was put on this planet to be a daddy,” he said. “(My kids) are the love of my life.”
Boatwright and his wife, Tabatha, moved to Hollister from San Jose five years ago. They are tickled pink to raise their three children – Kiel, 17, Jacqueline, 10 and Gage, 3 – in a small, friendly town they’ve come to love, he said.
After growing up in the urban sprawl that is San Jose, Boatwright shocked his friends when he announced he was moving to the quieter confines of Hollister.
“All my friends thought I was nuts when I first moved down here,” he said. “But it’s absolutely fantastic. I love the parades – for Christmas and the Horse Show. I had a buddy down here and he was like, ‘This is totally Beaver Cleaver – right out of the 50s.’ But I love it here.”
Boatwright, who works in his family’s tire shop in Milpitas, has coached Pop Warner Football in his spare time for the past two years although none of his children currently play. After he quit playing for the Barnstormers, a semi-pro football team in Gilroy composed mostly of Hollister residents, Pop Warner became his outlet that merged two things he loves.
“I love little kids and I love football – they kind of just flow together,” Boatwright said. “And I get to meet all the parents. I can’t wait for my little squirt to start playing.”
Boatwright’s enthusiasm for his family and the simple life he loves in Hollister is a little tainted by the town’s unusual political scene, he said, and the horde of people moving down from San Jose and the Bay Area.
He said he’ll remain in Hollister as long as Hollister remains the small town he loves.
“I’ll be here for the next 10 years at least,” he said, “and then we’ll see how it goes from there.”
Erin Musgrave covers public safety for the Free Lance. Reach her at 637-5566, ext. 336 or [email protected]
