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My Story
isn’t going to come out in one continuous line.
It will not clean itself up or try to contort itself in to a shape
that easily resembles success or moral.  I have not reached success.
I’ve reached right now. My reach still extends.  I achieve balance
by anchoring myself to the past while grasping for the future.

My name is Joseph Green. I will provide chapters
for my attempt at storytelling how this shipwreck once again found dry land.
Warning!!!
Hindsight is not 20/20 when blurred between lines
of cocaine and the haze of whiskey.

Chapter 62- The past seven days (all the things that I am)

Today I incorporated my dream.  After walking into a financial services institution, paying a substantial sum of money, I received a piece of paper with the words “LMSvoice LLC.” The letters had a weight to them the CPA couldn’t quite grasp.  He said he’d seen people get emotional upon starting a new business but tears were rare.  My son was sitting in the other room watching Dinotraux.  My new accountant had no idea how many miracles where happening simultaneously.