This work is an autobiographical memoir that tells the story of my life, as a member of the Baby Boom generation, growing up in urban America during the 1950s and 1960s, coming of age in the 1970s and continuing to the present day. It describes many difficult and stressful events in my life and how I survived them. I have included numerous historical and factual references from each of the time periods that I have written about, as well as musical references and song titles and lyrics that have held a personal meaning for me. As a "Boomer" I experienced the early days of television, the birth...