A Marine Endures hell

  I met Ken at a Marine Corps themed bar that I started going to after my ex-husband tried to shoot me in my own home and was incarcerated for the crime. Going there made me feel safe because I was surrounded by the brave, honorable men and women who serve our country. 

   While I am one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet in your life, I'm often told that I look very intimidating and unapproachable. Ken is the first person to ever bullshit with me at that bar in the year after the shooting. My first thought was, “This little guy has got some serious balls!” We both traded the synopsis of our life stories over some bourbon, and we’ve been friends ever since. 

   I asked him if he was interested in writing a book about his life so I spent the next year interviewing him and writing his story.

Constance Payne®