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Joe Gonzalez
I am a retired police officer by profession. I was born in Harlingen, Texas. Our family migrated to West Texas in the early 1960's. As a pre-teen, I shared time with my two older brothers selling p...view moreI am a retired police officer by profession. I was born in Harlingen, Texas. Our family migrated to West Texas in the early 1960's. As a pre-teen, I shared time with my two older brothers selling popcorn up and down the aisles inside a movie theater back in Harlingen. When we grew up, we went to work in the cotton fields hoeing weeds during the summers and picking cotton in the fall. We were back in the fields during the onion and cabbage harvest season in the early frosty mornings of fall in order to help our parents put food on the table. Back when one could earn twenty five or thirty cents an hour, working ten hour days in the hot summer sun, was no fun. But it meant growing up, feeling grateful for what God gave us and sleeping with a full stomach. At times, it was fun because it also meant making new friends who were doing the same thing for their parents. It was an honest way to survive poverty.
Thanks to our parents, who always wanted us to finish high school, we all graduated high school at New Deal ISD, which is in Lubbock County, Texas. I attended Texas Tech University but eventually, dropped out in order to marry my high school sweetheart. After 49 years, I still love her with all my heart. She is still the apple of my eye. She is my best friend and my life is complete having her at my side. My jobs went from working the fields, working at a slaughterhouse, a meat market, a warehouse, and driving the big rigs. From there, I went to work for the Lubbock Police Department as a street cop until retirement.
During my years of working, many friends have touched my life. The fact that friendships make a huge part of our lives, is what inspired me to write this book about dreams and friends and what they do to pass the time. We’ve all had those types of friends.
I am also a writer and a regular commentary contributor to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal Newspaper which publishes my op-eds in the Sunday commentary pages every three or four weeks.
My wife, Orelia (Cookie) is, and will always be, my inspiration. And having her as my biggest critic, I am thankful to her for allowing me to continue to write my stories and my books. Thank you for all of your unconditional love and support! I love you forever and always!view less
Books by Joe Gonzalez
The Janitor: War Rooms, Classrooms and Push Brooms Lighthouse in Nebraska Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Touch of Heaven Hovers Over Birmingham Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlessings, Mercies and Graces: Living Life Celebrating God’s Daily Gifts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExploring Winding Roads and Dusty Trails Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unlocking the Cellar Dreams of a Poet: A Book of Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrinity: Finding of the Singer, the Deacon, and the Good Samaritan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond the Portal: In Quest of the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrinity: the Sequel: Quest for the Music, the Lyrics, and the Song Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings