Dear Walt

It was bitter cold on the streets of Denver when 14-year-old Andy stepped off the bus. Confused and scared, he had no way of knowing the haphazard, sometimes chaotic, paths his life would take over the next three decades. He simply knew leaving Texas was his only choice. The next four years with Aunt Margaret and Johnny were a mélange of love, hope, loneliness … mingled with despair when Aunt Margaret’s cancer returned. Fitful dreams of his mother’s death overwhelmed him and, with his entire life savings of $112 in his pocket, Andy set out again leaving Bronson behind, hoping his old Falcon would hold up to the next chapter of his life. He never imagined the special people he would encounter in the extraordinary life that lay ahead. Here's one brief quote from the book: “They’re gone now, Bronson and Aunt Margaret ... I couldn’t imagine where I might be now if Aunt Margaret ... hadn’t taken me in that winter. And Bronson, that wonderful old dog made life bearable by listening to every word I said to him about Mama and Daddy ... He understood. He listened. He didn’t judge me. He knew what it meant to be alone on the road, not knowing what the future holds.” As David Kline, Director of Knowing Him Bible Institute put it, "Dear Walt is a must read! The book brings one to the realization that we all are on a journey and that we had 'places in which we could not stay' as we were impelled out of the darkness and into the light. You will not be able to put this book down as Ron Frazier — possessing an extraordinary gift — weaves the complexities and circumstances of some 15+ relationships throughout their criss-crossing paths, with the expertise of a juggler keeping them all in the air at the same time. At the same time one is touched by the sensitivity and pathos of the author, expressed through his main character, as Andy traverses his own path to the light. It is light hearted and at times passionately intense, wringing emotions from me, the reader, as he pulled me into the “living” and the remembering of my own journey. Frazier brings us to his conclusion in such an unexpected way that it brought me to tears, as I sat in enlightened silence. I highly recommend this book as a fascinating journey into the meaning of life, lived out in ordinary places with ordinary people, but in extraordinary ways."