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Where Are You From?

by Van Tornow

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My given birth name is Delavan Aurrell Tornow. The youngest of four children with all letter “D” first names. As for me, I was named for a poet whom my mother found favor. I was two years old when the tumultuous marriage of my father and mother ended. Within a year, I was being introduced to my new family. My father remarried a woman with four of her own children. We were three boys and one girl. My father’s new wife had three girls and one boy from a previous marriage. We became a tight-nit group rivaling the Brady family itself. Me being the youngest, I had the chance to live seven vicarious lives. Fourteen if you count spouses and significant others. The allure of a division one football scholarship set the table for my life’s journey. Team work, camaraderie, self discipline, goal setting, never give up. Words and phrases that continued to ring true long after high school playing days ended. The same drive that led to accolades on the grid-iron, parlayed into a lifestyle beyond my wildest dreams. During my university years, life flip-flops one hundred eighty degrees. Dreams of a six figure income gave way to balance. Balance of the mind found in achieving the goals I envisioned in my head. Balance in the body by training myself through triathlons and adventure races. Balance of spirit that woke me to living a life of awareness. After one pool lesson of the PADI open water diver course, I knew I could no longer face life chained to a cubicle. Within weeks of graduating college with a degree in Finance, I was living in my tent in Marathon, FL of the fabulous Florida Keys. I spent my adult life working as a PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor. My career path led me to teaching scuba diving in three out of the top five diving destinations in the world. In my world, “where are you from” are four words that can lead to a friendship for a night or a connection for a life time. “WHERE ARE YOU FROM?” is the true life story of my AWAKENING. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? is a first hand look into the behind the scenes life style of a Scuba-diving Instructor. With my days spent in the ocean, I was privy to unprecedented interactions with wildlife on every level. Outside of the water, I lived a life filled with travel and made intimate personal relationships with people from all four corners of the world.

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 599 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 09, 2018)
ISBN10: 1977200915
ISBN13: 9781977200914
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers

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