Catch a Glimpse of Greatness A True Story

The title came from the words the author said to his younger self as he appeared to the author after the encounter on the beach with both parents and the destitute family he encountered as a small child. The author was devastated because of his inability to help the mentally challenged family and carried the scars for years. He also told his young self that it was going to be difficult and assured him he could make it. An awe-inspiring "Being" appeared to the author and told him to let that sorrow go because, in his words, "They are taken care of." The family of his youth suddenly appeared just as they looked when the author encountered them as a child, and the "Being" did indeed take care of them.

The book includes compelling episodes of the author's extremely chance encounter with the love of his life and lifelong partner, Mary, from the little town of Cullowhee, North Carolina. Mary's personality was such that everyone who knew her loved her.

Her charismatic personality was so strong that friends were drawn to her like metal to a magnet. She later became a computer programmer for a prominent doctor's large office at the regional medical school and then finished her career at US Air, now known as American Airlines.

Both the author and Mary received higher education degrees while working full-time jobs. Mary went immediately to work for the doctor. The author was hired immediately as a finance officer at the university he so loved-Wake Forest.

The job he was hired to do opened up just two weeks before he entered the personnel office and applied in what appeared to be just one more miracle in his and Mary's time together.

Lastly, in some gruesome detail, how the author's career is affected due to the changing of leadership at the university.