This work is a powerful testimony to systemic failures that led to tragic consequences. The author reveals with painful honesty the impact of years spent in the care system on her son and the entire family. It is an urgent call to re-evaluate and radically reform the way society cares for its most vulnerable young people. The book explores the deep wounds caused by dysfunctional systems and calls for the creation of a new approach based on compassion and genuine support.
"BOON" Walks you deep into my personal life of trials and tribulations and my uniquely twisted none the norm perception of my reality. Taking place after the destruction of my thirty year marriage and Walking you through the agonies my family and self were to endure. There is life, love, tears, laughter, JuJubes and deaths. There lays an important life lesson.So, come, Walk With Dann
Volume 1, "DAMAGED" takes you on a Walk from my birth till I meet my second wife.It is rough, crude in fact, numerous format conversion errors.I left It raw on purpose as a testament to the honesty of my words and work.It contains humour, murder, explosions and motorcycles.It may or may not be fictional or may even be non-fictional.
Life can be unfair. It can be brutal.Especially for an inner city young man growing up in the projects.This is a tale of such a man. A man who walked many paths. Who made choices – good and bad. Who experienced love, hate, joy and sadness and bears the scars to show their result.A man who chose the path of gang life over grade school classes. A man who's rocking horse was a Harley Davidson. His playground was the streets. His graduation was held in a Federal Penitentiary.A man who found remorse and regrets haunting him throughout his adulthood.A man who wanted out.A man who wished for peace in his soul and calmness in his heart.His name, “6315 – The Original Urban Viking”
"This is a tale of a family who live their lives within the gang life. Except Little Ray. He and his family want him to break the cycle and live a normal life.There is tragedy, laughter and most of all 'insight' within.So come with us as we Walk On Dawes."
This book contains the complete "WALK WITH DANN COLLECTION".THE ENCLOSED THREE VOLUMES DISPLAY A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF 'BOO BOO, ' 'DANNY', 'SHAKE' 'UNKZ' AND, MYSELF, 'LIGHTHOUSE'S LIFE. OUR TRIALS, BOTH LEGAL AND SPIRITUAL, AND OUR TRIBULATIONS."You have never walked till you "Walk With Dann"
This is a portrait of a broken man living a broken life in a broken world where family and friendship are one and the same.Where wrong choices can lead to lifelong regrets. Haunting the very soul and stabbing the heart daily to remind you of the penalties of actions.Where a man can be all alone and un-noticed in a crowded room.Where sadness shadows hoy and joy masks sadness.This is the life of one man on one street in one city.A man who let his darkness blind his Light.Come, Walk on Dawes Road and trace his steps., but don't follow his path!!.....