I am first and foremost a father and grandfather. Raising my 5 sons was the greatest joy of my life. I raised four of them with their mother, and raised my fifth son on my own for seven years from the time he was a year old.  Throughout their childhood I used to tell my boys bedtime stories and found that I could teach them many things through these stories, even though they never realized they were being taught.

It's was fun watching them readily absorb and apply the lessons they learned. Not one of my boys ever told me no after the age of seven and they all grew into, by any set of standers, fine adults with families of their own.

When visiting with my sons about their childhood, as they themselves became fathers, they said some of their fondest memories were story time.

That brought me to where I am today, sharing my stories.

I have been blessed beyond all measure, and I just wanted to give something back. I also thought I might be able to help others through these stories, and to help children’s charities along the way. In trying to do both of those things I started writing children's stories for children's charities.

My original intent was to write a book like Little One for each of my stories. That turned out to be too much work so I decided to put several of my stories in one book. I called it Stories for all Ages. It, and other books I have written can be purchased on Amazon. 
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In my book “Raising Children the greatest joy and most important responsibility you will ever have”, I have shared my story of raising my five sons. Hopefully the experiences, thoughts and lessons learned along the way may be of some help to fathers and mothers raising their own children.

A Path Less Taken, the true life adventures of Gary Friendshuh and his faith awakening, was written for immediate family. But a few none family members who read it told me that every middle school or high school boy needed to read part of this book. They suggested that I take the stories out of my original book and create a shorter version. A Path Less Taken, the true life adventures of One Man was created. 

Again I stress, none of these books were written for any gain but rather as a way to give back. 100% of any profit I get on any of my books is given to children’s charities.

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