We live life forwards but, can only understand it backwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard In reading this book you will be enlighten by a view from an unscreened window. Learn how a country girl came north and in the most unlikely, joy-filled, and rewarding journeys as I became a successful entrepreneur in the unwelcoming "Brotherhood" of the white male-driven American petroleum/oil industry. I came looking for the Promised Land, found it, lived it and enjoyed it! After succeeding beyond my wildest expectations, the journey ended abruptly yet proved all things are possible, to a point… what an education this journey taught, which is why I write this book with confidence. This is my story… raw and real…