Authors Francine Coleman Larson & Raymond E. Hall return you to an idyllic time in the little Florida West Coast village of Palm Harbor, a community of citrus groves, citrus packing houses, railroads, fresh water fishing spots, fresh sea food docks and markets, country type grocery stores, mysterious places, beautiful blue water springs and sunsets sinking behind undisturbed barrier islands. It is a tribute to the people, their work, and the value system they possessed and maintained in the middle of the last century

Have you ever felt like you were living the American dream? I did. Have you ever felt as if the rug had been snatched right out from under you? I did, too. Did you feel as if God had abandoned you? Me, too. Did you find yourself questioning if God were even real? Ashamedly, I wondered that, too. Raymond and I were married at a young age. We had such big dreams and high expectations. I held on to the "white-picket-fence" dream while he held on to the "being successful" dream. We felt unstoppable. Of course, neither of us really had a clue how it was all going to take place; we just believed...