Douglas BrockI have known Joe for forty years. My dad used to tell me if I got through life with a handful of friends, I would be a lucky man. Knowing Joe has been a blessing to me and Karen, my sweet wife for thirty years. Joe and I worked together at the power lant for many years. When I left to pursue another career, we remained friends, even when Karen and I moved to Stevenson, Alabama. I have been interested in art ever since I can remember. I bet I drew a million ka-zillion cartoons during my work life. I was always telling Joe about pictures I was painting for this person or that person. Forty years I drew and painted with Joe always hearing about it, and he never asked me to make him a single sketch. A little over a year ago he asked me to illustrate his book. I was honored. I reminded him how he never asked me to draw anything is forty years friendship. All he said was, "Maybe God just had it planned out this way." Neither one of us realized how big a project we were committing to, and I am happy to say I loved every minute of it. I am sixty-five years old and met Jesus when I was in the 9th grade at Elbert Long Jr. High School in Chattanooga. I drifted off the narrow path many times, but God never gave up on me, and I am trying to live as God wants me to live. Read More Read Less