| This is the 555th story of Our Life Logs® | Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some clear your path. My path began 40 years ago....

I was born in 1982, grew up in and around Raleigh, North Carolina, and was raised by a mother who lived and breathed drugs...

...I always said the same thing—I wanted to go to the zoo. Once there, I would head straight for the tiger enclosure...

I had an eventful and adventure-filled childhood because I was a wild kid. I always found myself in trouble with just about everyone...

Quirky and awkward. That’s how most people saw me in middle school and high school. I was the big kid with clumsiness in his DNA...