The author reflects on his growing up there and how those experiences have affected his life, both as a child and as an adult. Contained herein are factual, comical, heartbreaking, and thoughtprovoking stories about his journey.

This is a book that will touch the reader's heart and provide inspiration to those who need encouragement to understand that no matter what happens in one's life, things can get better.

Andrew Moss was a retired banker and former hometown mayor of Woodstock, Illinois and was removed from his childhood home in the second grade. The author, along with his four sisters, was the child of a chronic alcoholic father and a mentally retarded mother. Moss spent eleven years in a children's home.