Gary R. McCree was born and raised in Southern Illinois, where he lived forty-nine years and has been married for thirty. He has two beautiful children and one grandchild. He doesn...view moreGary R. McCree was born and raised in Southern Illinois, where he lived forty-nine years and has been married for thirty. He has two beautiful children and one grandchild. He doesn’t consider himself a prophet, poet, writer, dreamer, or preacher. To put it in his own words, “I am just one person living in today’s world. This is not an autobiography. It is an account of how I came to connect the dots in my search for the truth. I live, work, and play in the outdoors. Although I have been a carpenter for twenty-seven years, a waterfowl guide for twenty-three years, a ball player for seven years, coach for ten years, and a business owner for twenty-three years, I am none of those things. I’m just a man. In my lifetime, my titles have included owner, manager, coach, photographer, guide, as well as husband, father, grandpa, friend, writer, painter, producer, editor, pro-staffer, guest speaker, call-maker, calling champion, carpenter, lawn guy, and babysitter. All those things still only add up to just what I am, and that would be one man. One man in a world of many!”view less