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Metanoia: "That's My Good Eye, Jimi" Series Volume 1
"Metanoia."“Change in one's way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion.”"The journey of changing one's mind, self, heart or way of life”. “Spiritual Conversation."The depression coined the derogatory phrase, “Wrong side of the tracks”.Referring to the shanty towns built by migrant workers, homeless and vagabonds. Derogatory in every sense.A statement saying that the down and out, the worker who will travel thousands of miles to pick your pickles and the nomads of society are of lessor being then you are.It was a sign of the times. The late fifties and early sixties showed us two sides of life.The peace and Love of the Hippies and Environmentalists was the sensible choice. Unfortunately it was greatly ignored.It was a time of man that was filled with prejudice, misinformed people and the confusion of a fast changing world.The second is one of shame. Fueled by hatred and racism. Brought shamefully to the surface of all media by the assassination of Martin Luther King and JFK.I grew up on the wrong side of those tracks.Literally.I am honoured to have been raised there. For I am a realist in every sense of the definition.Mind you the other side of those tracks were only twelve feet away and looked the same as my street.
255 pages, Paperback
Published December 22, 2020
About the author
LightHouse Dann Verner
16 books4 followersOn Christmas morning 2019, My 29 year old son, Delaney Jordan McLean Verner, hung himself in an obscure town in the underbelly of Alberta, Canada.
A town called "Black Diamond".
He and his wife of 12 years, Katelyn had gone their to start a new life.
Hoping to escape the homelessness rut and street life they were “Groundhog Day“ living on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A dream that collapsed and left them stranded, freezing and hungry in the middle of a viscous minus fifty degree Celsius blizzard.
Although this is my son's biography, it is also a call to attention as to how we are placing the lives of our youth in the hands and care of a "Broken System."
A system that MUST be scrapped and a new approach and system built from scratch.
A task that will take years to complete but is absolutely necessary as we have so many youth in crisis during these present times.
I promised Jordan I would tell his story and that I would show the world how broken our Child Welfare System and it's collective agencies is failing these youth and their families.
That they do far more harm than good.I speak and show in detail what the eleven years of his being in care did to him and our family.
How he fell through every crack in their system.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08FNMPGG6
A town called "Black Diamond".
He and his wife of 12 years, Katelyn had gone their to start a new life.
Hoping to escape the homelessness rut and street life they were “Groundhog Day“ living on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A dream that collapsed and left them stranded, freezing and hungry in the middle of a viscous minus fifty degree Celsius blizzard.
Although this is my son's biography, it is also a call to attention as to how we are placing the lives of our youth in the hands and care of a "Broken System."
A system that MUST be scrapped and a new approach and system built from scratch.
A task that will take years to complete but is absolutely necessary as we have so many youth in crisis during these present times.
I promised Jordan I would tell his story and that I would show the world how broken our Child Welfare System and it's collective agencies is failing these youth and their families.
That they do far more harm than good.I speak and show in detail what the eleven years of his being in care did to him and our family.
How he fell through every crack in their system.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08FNMPGG6
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