Nostalgia and understanding

I recently visited Odessa High School and found my 1965 graduation picture on the wall.

Principal Jamie Nelson was my gracious tour guide. I scouted nearby graduation pictures to find familiar faces, with good or bad vocal reviews about their previous intents toward me and may have even said aloud why I never knew anybody else outside my own small class, like Bruce Wayne Porter, who was a few years younger.

I had no idea then who he was or the trouble he also endured throughout his school years.

Bruce wrote the book I recently discovered: Life Isn’t Fair – A Survivor’s Story of War and Prejudi...