My youth was spent before I reached the age of 30 years old. I just came out of a divorce in 1989.
I finished college too. I was dead broke, with no direction and destination to roam to so I traveled
back to my hometown of Bardstown to start all over again. I got a job at a Japanese Auto plant
and I worked the second shift which I loved since at the time I was a night owl but I had bills
and no money. I only slept for 5 or 6 hours at night, I got in at midnight from work, showered
and watched The Twilight Zone, I had a nice color television by my bed and always, like clock--
work, I dozed off after The Twilight Zone went off the air.
I had to find a second job, I ran into my old buddy Dink Thompson who was delivering wood
trim who was coming out of Handy Food Mart. I said, “Do you need any help in the mornings?”
He said, “Yes, I do.” I told him I could help him 4 or 5 hours a day in the mornings because I
I worked the second shift at another job. I told him I'll meet him here at Handy Food Mart
tomorrow at 7:00. We exchanged goodbyes and went our separate ways.
Next morning, I rolled out of bed and was dead tired but I made a commitment to Dink and myself.
I drove down to Handy Food Mart, it’s about five miles, or five-minute drive. I parked my car on
the side of the store, and strolled in and poured me a coffee cup from the coffee dispenser. I sat down
in the cafeteria.
