Before You Date

by Robert Laird

"Before You Date" is not your traditional dating book. This book is a collection of stories, lessons, and experiences from my years as a youth pastor pulled together in an attempt to give the readers needed tools as they enter the world of dating. This is not a Òhow toÓ book and it does not tell you what to do. Instead, I have attempted to give you a set of ideas that you can use as tools to make your own decisions for your life. The choices you make today will shape the life you live tomorrow. It is hoped that this book and the support of parents, friends, and mentors will help you make healthy decisions for your life.

144 pages, Paperback

Published May 13, 2008

About the author

Robert Laird has been SCUBA diving since 1976, is a dive master, worked as a boat dive master on the Fling/ Spree to the Flower Gardens, and has been cave diving since 1994. Trained in Florida in both cave diving and Trimix diving, he has participated in a variety of exploration projects in Missouri, Arkansas, and connected cenotes on Cozumel and the Bahamas, and is an early explorer of Goodenough Springs in West Texas. In 1999, along with Henry Nicholson, Mr. Laird co-founded the IUCRR (International Underwater Cave Rescue/ Recovery), a worldwide, not-for-profit educational and public service organization. He also has a passion for experimental aviation, including fixed-wing, trikes and gyroplanes. Robert is also an author, having written many articles on IT, photography, cave diving and aviation. His book, The Tunnel, a cave diving adventure story, was published in 2009. Robert lives in Houston, Texas.