On The Journey Back

by Jimmy E. Pollard, Barbara Milbourn (Editor)

Overview

All roads back for Jimmy led to Lake Charles, Louisiana. It was his boyhood home, albeit one rife with parental discord and one which would later be run singularly by an iron-fisted mother he was certain did not see him, much less understand him.

But who could understand him? He couldn't understand himself when at age eleven a dark deed befalls him and he is sworn to secrecy. Driven into hiding masked by bravado, he fails in school and repeatedly runs away to his father's or parts West seeking reprieve. The early building blocks he experienced at his grandparents' farm, the Boy Scouts, and his mother's continual preaching of getting an education and staying the course all get tossed aside on a long and twisted road of survival and self-recovery.

Upon return from his second tour of duty in Vietnam, Jimmy proclaims to his biggest doubter that he wants to become a doctor. To her condescending response he bristles, "Watch me Mama...just watch me."

What he didn't know was that she had been watching all along - she was his biggest fan, and Lake Charles would be too. The town that once declared him as having reached his maximum potential hadn't seen anything yet.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012794123
Publisher:	Whiss Records, LLC
Publication date:	07/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

From hometown runaway, to oral surgeon to recording artist, Jimmy Eugene has done it all, and done it all quite well. But this much valued success has not come without many long years of trials, tribulations, minor setbacks and successes along the way. After dropping out of school and hitchhiking from Texas to California, Jimmy joined the Navy where he was given the opportunity to attend school at Burroughs High School. In addition to attending school, Jimmy was a crash and rescueman at a naval air station. After returning home from the Navy, Jimmy’s loving mother guided him to receiving his GED, getting into college and eventually attending medical and dental school where he became a certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon. On December 16, 2005 the tables turned and it was Jimmy who needed to be rescued. He was the victim of a severe automobile accident that left him confined to a bed for several months. During his recovery, Jimmy explained that music began to flow in his head day and night. Although Jimmy remembered nothing about the night of December 16, 2005, he remembers the music in his head and pounds it out on acoustic guitars. Then, Jimmy went to Nashville’s OMNIsound studio to record his easy listening album, “Call it Destiny.” Since his accident Eugene has written more than 250 songs and plans on releasing more albums in the future. Jimmy Eugene’s story is on of inspiration with the ability to reach people at all walks of life. His life emphasizes the value of making your own path and creating your future. His music reflects a lifetime of generosity, kindness, and a love for others. You can call it luck, you can call it chance, but Jimmy Eugene calls it destiny.