Been There, Done That

This is a story of my several experiences, some good and some not so good. They include my pre-Depression years, which brought so many physical needs and so much humiliation during all those 1930s years. I review here my relationship with my parents and every member of our thirteen-people family crowded into five rooms with no central heat or central air-conditioning. As a youth, I survived the Great Depression and active service in the army in a combat zone. I guess that I am truly a member of the greatest generation. After a runaway wild time of youth, there came a big moral and spiritual turnaround that brought my life meaning and direction. Serving churches as a pastor, I recount many crazy and happy experiences that taught me many lessons that I never learned in seminary. Along the way, Alice and I were married and had two sons and one daughter. It was all so weird and beautiful.