Beyond the Valley Gate Two

I am David Robert Odell I was born in Springfield Massachusetts 71 years ago. I started writing when I was thirteen years old. Back then I wrote westerns because that is what my Father liked to read.I was the oldest of four children, my Dad was a truck driver and my Mom a hair dresser. We moved around a lot as my Dad changed jobs. Though we were pour we never wanted for anything our lives were good.I spent summers on my Uncle's farm learning to care for the animals. At the age of thirteen I found out that I had Epilepsy which changed the way I saw myself which is another reason I started to write.I have been married twice, the first time for five years and the second time for forty-four years so far. I have eight children, two girls and six boys. I have quite a few grandchildren as well as some great-grandchildren. I spent most of my life in Massachusetts and the last twenty years in Ohio. I spent my life working in factories or on farms or both from time to time. Now that I am retired my wife and I do foster care.