There's a movie that came out many years ago called "The Best Two Years" that is intended for Mormon audiences. The title is derived from the fact that so many missionaries have described their experience as missionaries as "the best two years of their lives." For me, my mission was hard, perhaps two of the … Continue reading The Mission Years (’01-’03)

I moved back to Murray, UT and back with my mother in January of the year 2000 having turned my life around, so to speak. I'd left drugs. I'd left stealing. I was doing better with my sex addiction issues, I think. I was trying to be as straight arrow as a person could fly. … Continue reading The Murray, Utah Years, Pt. 2 (’00)

I believe it was November 1997 when the money to keep me in the Utah Boy's Ranch ran out, necessitating my departure. Since my mom was a single working parent and less able to keep tabs on me (at least that's what I'm assuming was the rationale), I was sent to live with my dad … Continue reading The Provo, Utah Years, Pt. 1 (’97-’99)