9 Knockdowns... 5 Miracles

The story is about a normal seven year-old boy whose life becomes a nighmare
beginning in May 10, 1940 when the Germans launch an air attack on Brussels, Belgium,
where he and his brother were born. His life quickly transforms itself into a series of events
which will plague him for the next 3 years, then turn into several Post Traumatic Stress
Disorders, including but not limited to malnutrition, almost drowning, nearly bombed
into oblivion in three countries, beaten and sodomized, and deathly ill. Meanwhile he
is thrown into four different cultures and three languages in that short peiod of time. He
turned a young life full of trials, troubles, tribulations and tragedies into a triumphant
career as a motivational speaker with a fresh, new approach, the result of many years of
research. His use of humor in both his lectures and writings are are in reality his defense
mechanism at work, enabling him to continue past his problematic childhood. His positive
attitude enables him to write a monthly column for the Happy Herald for the past ten
years. His three previous books bolster his personal philosophy that if I can do it YOU
can!