glorycloud's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 Facts Revised August 2023 Hundred Facts About Myself Revision Written 8/6/023 1. Born August 14,1952 Oakland Calif. I have not been back to California since I left in 1078. I use to have daydreams of visiting California, but now I have no desire to travel anywhere. 2. my mother was 18 years old when she had me-I never really knew my mother-her name was Val she was in her 30's when she was killed. I sometimes wonder what kind of woman my mother was. All remains a mystery to me my birth mother. 3. my mother had me outside of wedlock-I often wonder what my mother thought about she realized she was pregnant and not married. How was she going to support a child not having finished High School. 4. I never knew my father-the last couple of years through Ancestry Dot Com. through DNA samples I have supposely located/found out who my father was. 5. five years after I was born my brother Mike was born also outside of wedlock. I am in contact with my brother Mike through Facebook. I do not know if Mike ever searched to find out who is father was. 6. my brother Mike has received two Pulitzer prizes-my brother has worked for The Washington Post for many years as a staff photographer 7. my mother married Earl Inman around 1958 (?)-Earl Inman has been dead for many years from what I was told by my sister Robin 8. Earl hated Mike and me-I suppose this statement is true even if my memory right now is unsure 9. Earl divorced my mother around 1960 10. in 1960 we lived in Norfolk Virginia 11. my oldest sister Robin was born in Norfolk Virginia and also my other brother Robert Inman 12. around 1961 I had to go live with my Uncle and Aunt Cook who were cruel drunks and dirt poor in Oregon 13. 1962 my mother remarried John Thomas a sailor in Norfolk Virginia 14. we (Step-father Tom, Mother, me, my brother Mike, sisters Robin and Danielle moved to Los Angeles Calif. in 1963 15. my mother divorces John Thomas and goes to work as a cocktail waitress 16. I attended Jr. High and become aware of girls and my sexuality 17. my mother is killed by a speeding ambulance-December 1968-after my Mother was killed my sister Robin's father Earl came and got her and my younger sister Danielle was taken by her father Tom-found years later that Danielle was raised by Tom's Sister 18. the first book I remember reading was "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susan-my mother always had trashy novels laying around 19. first movie I remember seeing at a movie theater was, "The Days of Wine And Roses" (1962) Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. I remember my mother taking me to this movie with one of her many boyfriends 20. first magazine I remember looking at was "Playboy". My mother once had a boyfriend who owned a big house up in the hills, this fellow had "Playboy" magazines scattered all over his house. 21. first kiss I had was from a girl in the 9th grade who lived in a Trailer Park 22. after my mother was killed we (Mike and I) lived with my alcoholic aunt and her three sons in San Pablo Calif. 23. I left one day while living with my Aunt and to make a long story short lived with a German woman who was Jewish and Bohemian and her son Kim. I was in the 11th grade living in Richmond Calf..late 1968 early 1969 24.while in High School I was into LSD, weed, magic mushrooms, books and girls 25. remembering seeing in concert Can Heat, Ten Years After, Joy of Cooking, The Guess Who, Pink Floyd, Steve Miller Band 28. had sex for the first time when I was in the 12 grade with a beautiful girl name Debbie 29. went to Young Life gatherings and also Bahai World Faith Meetings while in High School 27. favorite writer in High School was Theodore Dreiser, his novel "An American Tragedy" 28. Maria my first foster parent threw me out and I then lived with a fellow a named Tom and his family while in the 12th grade. Tom's parents told me I had to move out when the Lord saved me in the Summer 1970 30. I was a Conscientious Objector during the Vietnam Conflict 31. I marched against the Vietnam Conflict that was going on Southeast Asia 32. after I finished High School I wanted to be either a Social Worker or something to do with Art. After the Lord saved me I wanted to go out and tell others the Good News of Jesus Christ. 33. I was a Jesus Freak the first years of my Christian life (1970-1975) 34. after High School I was involved off and on with Christian Commune called Richmond House located in Richmond CA 35. went to Jr. College Contra Costa for one year and then to a small independent Liberal Arts College on Mackinac Island Mich. for a half year 36. in my early 20's the German playwright Bertolt Brecht was an influence 37. I worked at Richmond Rescue Mission for a couple of years ( because I wanted to live on the edge of society. I wanted to live among outcasts) 38. I had a relationship with an older woman who was divorced and had four older children. I was in my early 20's and she was in her early 50's, her name was Tykie 39. I became a Calvinist while working at the Richmond Rescue Mission and joined the Orthodox Presbyterian Church maybe the year was 1975 (?) 40. Tykie moved to Oregon and after awhile I met a Christian woman named Sandy who was going through a divorce and who had two small boys 41. Sandy bought me my first car and forced me to get a driver's license 44. When I met Sandy I had left the Richmond Rescue Mission and after a period of time got job working at a 7-11 Store (that only lasted acouple of months) 45. I was in the far country and was not walking with the Lord when Sandy and I were together-I was going through a difficult time in my life-did not know what I wanted to do 46. the Lord had mercy on me and set me free from the chains of sin and I left Calf. to attend Reformed Bible College Summer 1978 47. at Reformed Bible College I met Carol and six months later we got married Spring May 1979 48. I began to read the 17th Cent. English Puritans around 1976 (?) 50. "Looking Unto Jesus" by Isaac Ambrose is one of my favorite Puritan works 51. when Carol and I were dating she bought me "Matthew Henry's Commentaries" and also the "Works of Thomas Manton" 52. my Carol bought our wedding rings because I had no money 53. I never proposed to my wife 54. we were married in the front room of Carol's parent's house 55. when I met Carol she was working full time as a Nurse 56. I married Carol because I knew she was a godly woman and would be a wonderful wife and mother 57. I have a B.R. E. degree from Reformed Bible College which is a Bachelor of Religious Education degree 58. when I went to Reformed Bible College I was thinking of becoming a Foreign Missionary. I wanted work among the Amazonian Indians Brazil 59. from the age of 9 to a couple of years ago I was constantly sick with an stomach ulcer 60. I have been keeping a diary since I was 18 years old but burned all my diaries when I left Calif. to attend Reformed Bible College. After getting back from Carol and I's honeymoon I started writing again and have not stopped since 61. during the 1980's I listened only to the radio and did not buy many records. The night after our wedding Carol and I went to a Mall and I bought a record by James Taylor which I still have down in the basement. The next record I recall buying was Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan. I also bought Dylan's Christian albums and then we got into listening to Keith Green tapes. I mainly listened to Blue Grass and Classic the first years of being married. I did not start buying music till we moved to Holland Mich. 13 years ago. I did buy cassette tapes when we lived in the South. I really got into the music of Bruce Cockburn and Van Morrison. I have always been a fan of Dylan's music especially his early stuff. 62. we moved to Mississippi to attend Reformed Theological Seminary because we wanted to live in the South. I also wanted to sit under the teaching of Dr. John DeWitt the Prof. of Systematic Theology. The first day we were on campus I went to see Dr. DeWitt and found him packing his library. He had accepted a call to be a Sr. Pastor in a big Presbyterian Church. I was disappointed that he was leaving but what could I do about it? 63. as a seminary student I had a couple small breakdowns but nothing that crippled me but those seminary years were very hard on me 64. I never feel comfortable around people and I suppose that is why I never became a minister but now work alone at the bottom of the Egg Pit (left working at the Hamilton Farm Bureau-Egg Division June 2007) 65. While in attending seminary I took a Seminar called Christian Spirituality with Peter Toon and it while taking that class I got back into the Writings of St. John of the Cross 66. after Seminary we had to find a place to do my Ministerial Internship 67. we moved to Houston Texas and to my internship at Covenant PCA, which were some of the worse years of my life 68. terrible time in Texas 69 we moved back to Michigan to settle down and raise our three children 13 years ago-now 33 years ago 8/6/2023 70. Carol and I both want to live a simple life 71. I do not like my job but I do like being free to be myself-I have not worked since 2007-on August 14, 2023 I will be 71 years old-I am Retired 72. I do not like to be told what to do-I like to be free to be a holy man 73. I like being free to think my own thoughts and not have to deal with being told what to think-I do not follow the Crowd 74. I see the Christian life as a life of freedom and so I gladly do what the Bible tells me what to do 75. I mainly like being free to think, write, and read 76. I want to visit Spain someday and visit the places where St. John of the Cross lived and wrote-Now August 2023 I have no desire to visit anyplace, also I am afraid of flying 77. I wish I could read and speak Spanish so I could read St. John of the Cross in his own language 78. when I graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary I received a Master of Divinity Diploma 79. I do not have any close friends 80. I consider myself a Reformed Evangelical mystic Jesus Freak-I consider myself today 8/6/2023 to be a Bible believing Christian 81. someday I want to live the life of a hermit-I am living presently a life of a hermit 82. I do not like to drive in any type of bad weather like rain or snow 83. I hate the winter season here in Michigan-I would say today 8/6/2023 I just do not like Michigan winters/hate is too strong a word 84. I drink coke and rarely anything else-these days 8/6/023 I mainly drink coffee and Diet Dr. Pepper 85. I do not know basic English Grammar 86. I know very little Science or Math 87. I do not like to shave 88. I collect books to look at and not to read-the last couple of years I have been reading more books to the end and not to just look at or collect 8/6/2023 89. I like to have a house full of cats but my wife is allergic to cat hair 90. I rarely receive personal phone calls or letters 91. I have not been in contact with my brothers and sisters since my mother's death. Mike and I are not close. About eight years ago we visited Mike and his family in Washington D.C. but rarely have any contact. Years ago I got into contact with my oldest sister Robin but then she suddenly broke off contact. My family is my wife and three children.-Today 8/6/2023 I am in contanct with my brother Mike and my sisters through Facebook. 92. I do not like the world 93. I feel guilty when I have money in my pocket-I would day today that I find money to be something that is a necessity, but I am not greedy 94. I collect music-I have cut down on music due to hearing loss 8/6/2023 95. my favorite song is by Bob Dylan "Tombstone Blues" found on his record "Highway 61 Revisited". I have told Carol I want this record by Dylan played at my funeral 96. I wear white work socks every day-I stopped working 2007 but still wear white socks 97. I do not know Greek or Hebrew 98. I am a loner 99. I do not like loud women 100. I never tell jokes or play games 2:42 p.m. - 2023-08-06 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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