Donner-Reed - Redemption - Paperback

I am a high school counselor and coach, and this has been my career for the past twenty-two years. I am in my thirty-first year of marriage and have three children. Our youngest was recently married so my wife and I are now empty nesters-luckily we aren't complete strangers. Needless to say, the transition has been interesting-interesting is a good thing in this context in case you were wondering.

Writing is therapy for me-not the editing. My mood at any given minute might inspire my writing. I am inspired by the world around me, specifically how simple everyday events influence human relationships. I attempt to illustrate our tendency to complicate that which was never intended to be complex.

My love for reading started as a young man. I was inspired by the likes of S.E. Hinton and Wilson Rawls. Louis L'Amour also had an impact on me as well as Ralph Moody. All of these authors were masters at portraying human emotion and making the page come alive. I remember reading Little Britches as a youth, as seen through the eyes of Moody when he was but a young boy. I remember the theme of keeping an intact character amidst the injustices brought on by a far from perfect society.