Erick was born in Chicago in 1948. His last home in The Windy City was a housing project at Sacremento and Harrison. He went to high school in Fox Lake, Illinois before completing one semester as a...visualizza altroErick was born in Chicago in 1948. His last home in The Windy City was a housing project at Sacremento and Harrison. He went to high school in Fox Lake, Illinois before completing one semester as a Biology major at Whitewater, Wisconsin. Prior to serving in the Army, Erick completed a course titled “Modern Construction Techniques” at IIT in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Night school in Grayslake, Illinois added to his knowledge of Carpentry and general construction after his honorable discharge. He furthered his education as an Infantryman for two years in the US Army. As a Pointman in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne, he earned a Combat Infantry Badge, a Bronze Star, an Air Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, and other awards. He spent his adult life alternating between Carpentry and Roofing having worked as a foreman and superintendant respectively. The writer in him was never formally educated nor encouraged. Rather, it was something he’d always wanted to do as he felt that he had a natural talent. Married and living in Apache Junction, Arizona with his wife Mikki, he has four dogs and many friends. The father of two natural children and four step-children, he claims kinship to 15 grandchildren and hopes to live long enough to be a great grandfather. Baptized Catholic as a child, he drifted away from The Lord for too many years. Erick is now a born again Christian and was re-baptized at Bear Spring Baptist Church in Dover, Tennessee.
Erick states, “I consider my most important responsibility to be raising my children as Christians.”visualizza meno