I have lived a full life, done a lot of unusual things and gone down many dark alleys. Now I have the time and resources to reflect back on what I learned. My father died when I was very young and I never had him to rely on for those life lessons we all need…so I had to learn them by myself. When you do that, you make mistakes. But those mistakes teach you things, sometimes very painful things. But my mother had a saying to cover that, “Some lessons, you have to feel .” I have found that she was right.

I grew up curious about all things . Starting at a very young age, I paid attention to my surroundings more than most others did. I didn't understand everything I saw and heard, but I still remembered most everything...... like gathering pieces of a puzzle to assemble later on. As time passed, I learned to assemble some of the pieces together and I continue learning where each piece fits to this day.

But now I am making my own new pieces of this puzzle of life for you to find. Some of them may fit somewhere in your journey.