: About Me

I am the President and CEO of Kennon Transport, LLC, a very successful trucking company I run with my wife of 12 years, Sue. Before owning this company, I was a runaway and was virtually homeless for most of my childhood and young adulthood. To survive on the road, I did everything from driving tractor-trailers, sold encyclopedias door to door, hustled pool, was a baker, ski instructor, sous chef, drug dealer and many other positions of many natures. Drugs and other dependencies took over my life to the point that I could not accept help when it was offered, nor could I stop running away from a past that haunted me. While now blessed with what I have achieved in my life and in my personal, family and business relationships, things were much different at one time. It has become a passion of mine to write and tell my story in order to help other runaways and the parents. This year, I authored a book called "Memoirs of a Runaway: A Story of Hope". It is a tale of survival and spirituality. Isolation and reconnection. Most of all, it is a hand reaching out to those who travel down the same troubled path; a story of hope.

The publishers site, reviews, an audio excerpt and more information @ www.outskirtspress.com/memoirs

My passion is ...

people.

I know too much about ...

bugging my wife.

My parents always told me ...

look both ways.

My childhood ambition ...

make it thru this day.

My favorite memory ...

my dad.

Why I write ...

gives me more time to think about what I want to say and learn to be a better communicator.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

emails/joyce myers/the wife (but will I hear her?)

My first job ...

working at an amusement park.

My best moment ...

(s) September 19, 1986 and July 13th, 2002

My inspiration ...

it's all in the book ;) www.memoirsofarunaway.com

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Runaways

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Inspired to Write a Book About Being a Runaway Thought maybe I should start visiting my demons again. For the first time I am not afraid, but rather encouraged by the idea that I am no longer running away from my problems or hiding from anything. While now blessed with what I have achieved in my life and in my personal, family and business relationships, things were much different at one time. Drugs and other dependencies took over my life to the point that I could not accept help when it was offered, nor could I stop running away from a past that haunted me. At 46, my memory is not what i...

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