I was born poor by almost all social standards, yet luckily for me our Father has chosen the �poor of this world to be rich in faith.� Especially blessed am I for He has also chosen the �foolish things of this world to confound the wise�. While I might not fall into the severely mentally handicapped foolish category I certainly have looked foolish to some and been called foolish, among other adjectives, by others. In raising my family I tried, as did my parents before me, to get my children to learn from my mistakes. I hate to admit it but they were just as mule-headed as I. I�ve asked myself many times, why do we choose to avoid some of the pitfalls we�re warned about then plow… right into other troublesome areas to our dire hurt? stubbornness � pure and simple.One of the reasons I�m sharing this is the hope that someone just might see where I stumbled so badly and if confronted with similar situations will chose the better path for His glory and receive the peace that obedience to the Holy Spirit brings.I began to write this autobiography in 1997 and stopped in 2011.