No Straight Lines

I wrote this book for anyone who needs a little inspiration, and for anyone going through something hard enough to make them wonder how much more they can take. I've been there more than once. If you've ever wondered how other people make it through the hard stretches, this is how I did it, mistakes and all. And if you haven't faced those storms yet, I hope my story helps you be ready when they come. You don't have to win every day. Sometimes victory is just staying in the fight long enough to tug on the rope and let someone help pull you through.

That counts. Keep going.

George Smith is not a superhero. He's never claimed to be one, and if you asked him, he'd probably tell you he's just a guy who's had a habit of getting knocked down at inconvenient times and learning, sometimes slowly, how to get back up again.

At eight years old, a single moment left him with a glass eye and an early understanding that not everything can be fixed, no matter how much you want it to be. From there his path was anything but linear: he walked away from formal education when his family needed him, taught himself technology before it was common, learned to fly, and built a career through persistence rather than credentials, with more than his share of surgeries, failures, and unexpected detours along the way.

He lives with his wife, Joanne. This is his first book, written for his son, Justin, and for anyone in the middle of something hard.