Healing and Redemption. A Mick Stonehouse Series. From the Beginning.

By Michael Steele

Just out of prison Mick Stonehouse seems full of trouble. With military training to back it up. But he does not want trouble. What he really wants is to leave the pain of his childhood behind and move on with a woman he loves that has disappeared twelve thousand miles away. Easier said than done. Will he ever reach any of his goals? Chronicling his memories and journeys.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Steele
• Release date: Oct 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311851406

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Healing and Redemption. A Mick Stonehouse Series

by Michael Steele

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Out of Prison

3. From the Beginning

4. The Big Move

5. I Guess the Good Times are Over

6. Conclusion

1. Introduction

Thank you for taking a look at my book. The first in a series. Any resemblence to persons now living or deceased is a coincidence. Mick grew up in a tough part of Detroit, Michigan. The oldest of six siblings he was relieved when his family moved to the suburbs. When his father became ill and had to stop working, life changed dramatically for Mick in ways that were almost unbelievable. A stint in the military did not ease the wounds he felt. Only later in prison would he come to realize the questions that tormented him. Why were some children raised as though they were in two separate families in the same house? How did everything go so wrong? What caused people to harbor resentment and emotional trauma that only manifested itself as anger when children became adults? What caused them to forgive? Well he was out of prison now and he wanted to understand the answers to these questions.. This is the story of one man’s journey from a naive happy boy, to fear and anger. Then to acceptance and forgiveness, and letting go.

2. Out of Prison

Chapter 2

Out of Prison

My grandmother used to call me Mickey, so I started calling her, Grandma Mickey. The name stuck. So my nickname became Mick, Mick Stonehouse. I was the oldest of six kids. A place in the family that would come back to haunt me.

The prison guard approached