I wish to thank God in heaven first who spoke to my daughter back in September 2013 and called me up the day after I was singing on TV, “hey dad I think God wants you to write a book he also confirmed this through a well-known book author throughout the world who lived in the same city that I did Anderson Indiana she may still live there today Ruth Shininess said it to me almost word-for-word as my daughter said “Hey Richard, I think God wants you to write a book that really confirm to me that I was supposed to write something. But at that point I really didn’t know what I was supposed to have written but I would find out not too long after that so I’m very grateful to my daughter Megan whom I love with all my heart to haave gotten this started for without God speaking to her there would not be a book and my personal friend Ruth who confirmed it that day. I also thank my good friend Miss Q. who has been a very valuable resource to help get these lifestories over to my publisher, I appreciate her with all my heart. I wish to thank my publisher Xlibris for Jen Heavens and her valuable assistance to me as an author and Patrick Manning for allowing me to stay the course and tell me to keep with it, I appreciate them and all the staff that work there. And I want to thank my friends in Boston my friends at the Southampton shelter where I was a resident there for two and a half years and the many friends I made there and all the staff there including case manager supervisors my former bosses I appreciate everyone there and to other friends in Boston who might sing with and their patient support with me getting this book done. I as the author am grateful for all of it. It is my extreme desire to be able to sit down with the Mayor of our City, one day Marty waksh and work with him on getting rid of our home situation here in Boston that is the goal of this book so hopefully do well I also wish to thank my case manager of hearth and home start to the viable care of how they handled my life, without further ado I Richard (Ritchie) Vernon invite you to check out Lifestories.