James H. Willis, III
For 2020, we are doing a 12-month summary of my book. It is filled with unbelievable personal stories of conflict from family fights, divorces, and personal insecurities to living in a tree at 15, homeless. Later, the book recounts how the Lord’s guidance put me on the path of an overcomer! From being unloved, unwanted, and uncared for to healthy, happy, and whole.
CHAPTER 4: ADULTHOOD – WOOZERS! CAN I DO IT?”
An elderly couple was coming through the intersection, and we nailed each other. The sound was like a bomb going off. We hit so hard that my precious Volkswagen van went flying forward, and the front windshield exploded in my face. I was just inches from the road’s asphalt, and the van flopped over on its side. I wasn’t dead, but I wished I was. I was just lying there. I wasn’t hurt, but I was thinking, “I’ve even ruined my high-school graduation.”
I can’t tell you how crushed I was. All my plans for a new life past high school were thrown into a severe tailspin – to say the least. I was such a mess. At nineteen, I felt like I had lost everything – Again!
You may have some of these pains and awful feelings, but let me tell you, you can overcome this. You are somebody.
So, step by step, I started putting my life back together. High school was over, and I had a great job, but I needed to make some changes, like get my own apartment. I also had a girlfriend and we decided to move in together. Young people can make some of the dumbest decisions (find out what happens in chapter 4 of the book).
For several months, my dad had been trying to find me. He wanted me to work at his new clothing store. Wait until you see what happened. This adulthood stuff is a big deal. Remember that song, “Staying Alive”? It seemed to be my personal theme song. There are several personal stories in this chapter alone…just crazy! And then came that fateful last Thursday night of February 1975. Steven, an old high-school friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in years, stopped by and set in progress the biggest change I’d ever had in my life.
These articles contain an abbreviated version of my stories.
The stories will continue next month!!!
How On Earth Did I Get Here?
James H. Willis, III
Warning…Don’t read this book….
…if you want your life to stay the same!
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