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Ennis C. Jackson grew up in Dallas, Texas. He is the sixth member of seven children. His mom Rosie was born in 1936. She has worked all her life and is still working today. With a sixth grade education, Rosie taught Ennis and his brother and sisters what she believed was the meaning of life. Religion was a big part, but she highly encouraged higher education. She believed that education would make things easier as we progress through a dangerous and in some parts, a beautiful world. Nonetheless, Ennis did not pay attention while in the ninth grade. His grades were C’s D’s and F’s. Then in the tenth grade, he realized that he was better than that. So he improved his grades and attempted to get in a University that will give him a Ph.D. He called two schools and was ashamedly turned down because of his Mom and Dad’s sixth-grade education. He was also turned down because he is African American. After graduating from Wilmer-Hutchins High School, Ennis attended El Centro College where we received a certificate in Surgical Technology. He was also married at the age of 19. With that association, he spawned a daughter (Nikkie). However, that relationship only lasted for eight months. The stress caused Ennis to join the military where he stayed for ten years. Nikkie died at the age of 16, and it was after Ennis remarried at the age of 25. A super religious and cheating spouse ended that relationship after ten years and four kids. After the military, Ennis attended Paramedic training and has been working in that capacity since then. He continued to go to school and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Public Service Leadership in Emergency Management. He has also worked alongside major Hollywood actors in movies, print, and commercials. Ennis is the recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is known as the best speaker ever by some of his peers, students, and adults who have had the pleasure of hearing him. This book is the second one for Ennis. The first book is called “Passing the Field: Help for the Paramedic Intern.” He is working on several others. He has completed five screenplays that some readers say will “blow your mind.” Ennis is kind, giving and always willing to find ways to make people feel better while living in a partial world of sorrow. He is indeed an amazing man!