ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I am a retired truck driver and police officer by profession. I was born in Harlingen, Texas. Our family migrated to West Texas in the early 1960’s. As a pre-teen, I shared time with my two older brothers selling popcorn up and down the aisles inside a movie theater back in Harlingen. Growing up as kids and teenagers, we went to work in the fields hoeing weeds during the summers and picking cotton in the fall. We were back in the fields during the onion and cabbage harvest seasons in the early frosty mornings of fall in order to help our parents put food on the table. Back when one could earn twenty-five or thirty cents an hour, working ten-hour days in the hot summer sun, was never fun. Speaking with many of our friends, we found out that they were doing the same thing as us. But it meant growing up, feeling grateful for what God gave us and always sleeping with a full stomach. At times, it was fun because it also meant making new friends who were doing the same thing for their parents. It was an honest way to survive poverty.
Thanks to our parents, who always wanted us to finish high school, we all graduated from high school at New Deal ISD, which is in Lubbock County, Texas. I attended Texas Tech University but eventually, dropped out after three years. I fell in love with my high school sweetheart. When she graduated from high school, we got married. I never had any regrets not having earned a college degree. Recently, we celebrated 50 wonderful years of marriage. I still love my beautiful wife with all my heart. Orelia is still the apple of my eye. She is still my best friend and my number one fan. My life is complete having her always by my side. My different jobs took me from working the fields, working at a slaughterhouse, a meat market, a warehouse, and driving the big rigs. From there, I went to work for the Lubbock Police Department as a street cop until retirement.
During my many years of working, many countless and unforgettable friends have touched my life. The fact that friendships play a huge part in our lives, is what inspired me to write this book about dreams and friends and what they do to pass the time. I am sure that we’ve all had those types of friends.
My wife, Orelia (Cookie) is, and will always be, my inspiration. Having her as my biggest critic, I am most grateful and always thankful to her for allowing me to continue to write my stories, my imaginations and the books that linger and still live in my mind. Honey, thank “you” for all of the unconditional love and support you have always given me! I will love you until my last breath, forever and always! May God always bless you as much as it has always blessed us and our marriage.