Triumphs Tragedies and Tears

<i>Young Negro boy what will you do when time makes you a man? Will you miss the mark or fight to hold your stance?</i> <p>Those words stated by an eighth-grade history teacher became the mantra for author James V. Ellis. In <i>Triumphs Tragedies and Tears</i> part one of his memoirs Ellis provides a full account of his life and career and highlights about his work-from growing up as a little boy on welfare without a father to working as a respected physician and becoming a dedicated husband and father to his suicide attempt and short prison term.<p>The story of a boy who dreamed big <i>Triumphs Tragedies and Tears</i> shows how one black man overcame many obstacles to become a successful doctor in the Mid-South and then had to begin a new life with life tools that promote spiritual connectedness mental and physical fitness and emotional maturity. His recovery is and continues to be a miracle inspiring many to hope and dream rather than give up.