Brian had a rough start in life having been born with the umbilical wrapped around his neck. The delivery doctor said he had turned blue from lack of oxygen.
Is that the reason that Brian was such a rebel in life? Brian was also a child who cried easily over things that other kids would not have cried over.
Brian did not graduate from high school but later on did get a GED certificate and did quite well.
When Brian started life anew in Texas he became a self taught master automobile mechanic. He became quite proficient in building souped up "muscle cars" in drag racing. He also learned, on his own, how to build build and repair computers.
He was also involved with some musicians where he wrote songs and played the guitar.
Brian has had health problems off and on for years because of a poor diet and too much drinking and drug activity. This is where a lot of his rebellion did not pay off well for him. I sure did not raise him that way.
He talked to me often in wanting to take his own life and I always told him that there is always a better way out of a person's problems.
I don't know for sure the trigger for his suicide at last, but it could be because he thought he had lost his job.
Brian is in the spirit world now and he beat all of us in that score. My study into life after death occurrences of this type are quite varied. Some turn out fine and others do not.
But one thing is for sure, suicide does not cure the habits we have here on earth. Death does not cure those at all.
It is unusual for a parent to become friends with their kids after they grow up, but Brian and I actually were more like brothers than father and son, later on in life. I personally don't get along with uneducated people and I consider Brian one of the most intelligent persons I have ever known.
Donald Richard Ballard: his dad
