Town and Country Childhood

<p>Town and Country Childhood begins in the early 1960s in a small town in Southwest Iowa. Growing up in the '60s was not an easy task. My dad owned several gas stations before taking over my uncle's bar Town and Country Tavern after his death. The death of my grandpa my uncle the Vietnam War the assassinations of President Kennedy and Reverend Martin Luther King and the riots made me question longevity.</p><p></p><p>If life was going to be short live it to the fullest regardless of the cost. Breaking the rules was considered a right and nothing was going to stop me. Growing up in the tavern allowed me to become friends with my dad's friends who survived the forties and World War II. I thought drinking and other bad habits were a way to have fun but I learned too late that they were coping mechanisms that eventually destroyed you. Eventually it all caught up.</p>