My Story
Fragments of memory, loss, family, identity, and becoming.
Some stories are written all at once. Others take a lifetime.
This is mine.
Begin the journey — from Michigan roots to Texas roads.
Chapter One — The Call Home
Chapter Two — The Basement
Chapter Three — Benton Harbor
Chapter Four — Confirmation
Chapter Five — Smoke
Chapter Six — Christian
Chapter Seven — The House We Broke
Chapter Eight — False Hope
Chapter Nine — Temporary
Chapter Ten — Love and Rescue
Chapter Eleven — When Life Clicked
Chapter Twelve — The Break Room
Chapter Thirteen — Leaving Home
Chapter Fourteen — Learning Texas
Chapter Fifteen — Discovery
Chapter Sixteen — The Shortcut
Chapter Seventeen — The Toolmaker
Chapter Eighteen — The Questions
Chapter Nineteen — Food, Shelter, Work
Chapter Twenty — Starting Over Again
Chapter Twenty-One — The Search
Chapter Twenty-Two — When You Know
Chapter Twenty-Three — Building a Life
Chapter Twenty-Four — Becoming Family
Chapter Twenty-Five — Watching Him Grow
Chapter Twenty-Six — Meeting My Past
Chapter Twenty-Seven — Ready
Chapter Twenty-Eight — Orla
Chapter Twenty-Nine — Fairplain
Chapter Thirty — Harvest Season
Chapter Thirty-One — Autumn Nights
Chapter Thirty-Two — Camp Alzafar
Chapter Thirty-Three — Pops
Chapter Thirty-Four — Peggy
Chapter Thirty-Five — Becoming Family
Chapter Thirty-Six — Looking North
Chapter Thirty-Seven — 29 Pine
Chapter Thirty-Eight — The World Gets Bigger
Chapter Thirty-Nine — Everybody Was There
Chapter Forty — Leaving Home
Chapter Forty-One — Hell Froze Over
Chapter Forty-Two — A Place to Build
Chapter Forty-Three — Keeping my Word