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Prologue to "Bessie and Me: How a Motorcycle Saved My Life"

‘ Life's just much too hard today, I hear ev'ry mother say The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper They just helped you on your way through your busy dying day.” ~ The Rolling Stones Prologue "Bessie and Me: How a Motorcycle Saved My Life" - A Memoir As Bessie and Me turned the corner and rolled down the driveway for the first time in three weeks, the odometer turned over 5,835 miles. I switched the bike off and sat still for a few minutes, bowing my head and silently thanking God for a safe journey.  Sitting astride Bessie, gritty, sweaty, and utterly exhausted, I realized this particular journey wasn’t just another ‘road trip,’ it was a psychological salvation, it was a spiritual renewal and it was a simple, arduous trip that literally saved my life. I have always wanted to write a book; not that my life thus far has b