Larry Coats:  

I signed up for Classmates.com several months ago and then kind of forgot about it. I have had some serious back problems for several years and had the first of two major operations in August of last year. Believe me having pity parties and feeling sorry for yourself takes up a lot of time. I didn't pay much attention to Mr. Williams or Mrs. Whitaker in English class so I ask you to overlook any mistakes I might make in grammar or spelling. I am afraid to write without a spell check and this thing dosen't have one. I don't really know what to write. I do have one thing some of you might get a laugh out of. When I was in my early 50's my grandson and I were both dignosed with ADHD. The first thing that came to my mind was all those years and all those people who thought I was just plain mean. Just think what a difference it would have made if those pills had been around back then. Along with a lot of other things I would not have had to pay for two doors and a bathroom tolet. I can't tell you what a shock it was to discover that I wasn't mean at all I was just misunderstood. There is one other thing I would like to share with you. It is something that happened to me at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on December the 6th. 2001. I consider that day and hour to be the greatest of my life. After years of running from God and living a life far from His will for so long, this prodigal son came home and found forgiveness. For the first time in my life I came to understand the greatness of God's love and the wonder of His amazing grace. In His mercy God has allowed me to found a ministry called the Prodigal Son Ministries. It is an outreach to people that the world, society, and I am sorry to say, the church ...Expand for more