KENNETH FLY GREW UP IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE 1940S, 50S, AND 60S, WHERE LIFE WAS SHAPED BY HARD WORK AND SELF-RELIANCE. FAR FROM THE COMFORTS OF MODERN ENTERTAINMENT, HE SPENT HIS DAYS WORKING THE LAND, HANDLING FIREARMS, AND OPERATING MACHINERY— EXPERIENCES THAT ARE FOREIGN TO TODAY’S YOUTH. THROUGH PERSONAL STORIES AND ANECDOTES, FLY REFLECTS ON HIS CHILDHOOD WITH HUMOR AND DETAIL, SHARING LESSONS OF RESILIENCE AND FAMILY VALUES. RAISED BY A LOVING MOTHER WHO ALWAYS MADE A HOME DESPITE CHALLENGES AND A FATHER WHO EXEMPLIFIED HARD WORK AND MORAL INTEGRITY, FLY’S UPBRINGING WAS GROUNDED IN THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY, RESPECT, AND COMMON SENSE. THE FLY FAMILY, THOUGH NOT WEALTHY, FOUND HAPPINESS THROUGH THEIR STRONG BONDS AND SHARED DETERMINATION.