Not everything, or perhaps not even the most important is said in this memoir. But it is my story, and as they say, “I’m sticking to it.” I don’t think I brag too much or claim any great accomplishments. In this way it is quite ordinary. But looking back I feel fairly good about these first eighty years. And I am especially thankful for my 57 years of marriage to Arla Jean Ray, my four kids, and five grandkids. I have tried to do mostly the right things.
  —Bradford Chapman Ayers, author