In Walk to Beautiful,
Jimmy Wayne shared about his life story and how he became a country music
singer. Jimmy Wayne was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Jimmy, his
mother, and his sister, Patricia moved around a lot. He never really knew his
own father growing up. His mother had a number of different men throughout his
childhood. He saw countless fights and he experienced and saw frightening events
when he was a young boy. His mother hung out with the wrong crowd and many of
the people were deeply troubled. When his mother worked at a textile mill, a
neighbor would watch them and this event was anything but pleasant. One of the
neighbor’s adult sons laid down naked while he thought Jimmy was asleep and he
took his hand and made him touch him. He eventually faked being asleep and the
son left. He told him mother and she wouldn’t believe him and she told him to
simply “behave”. Often times the only meals Jimmy and Patricia would ever receive
would be the free lunches from school and they were both hungry most of the
weekends. His mother would often at times reply on government for support and
she didn’t have a job.
He also shared how he found God and how he began to trust
Him. His mother had a warped view of how we are supposed to fear God and she
would beat them if they mispronounced words from the Bible. He finally
discovered the love of God. He also revealed how his mother went to jail and
how they wound up in DSS system. He described his experiences with being
homeless. He also shared how he lived in a group home called, Faith Farm and
what this place taught him. Throughout the book, he explored how he was changed
and saved by Bea and Russell. He explained how he began his music career and
shared details about the behind the music and songs. He also opened up about
deciding to walk seventeen hundred miles from Nashville to Phoenix and his
journey along the way and even being dropped from his label during the walk.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is
wanting to read an inspiration story. I first start discovered Jimmy Wayne with
his hit songs, “Paper Angels” and “I Love You This Much”. The stories behind the
songs and music videos were very encouraging and touching. I haven’t heard them
before and I imagine many people haven’t. I can say that this is one of the
best book I have ever read by an artist and I have read several country artists
autobiography. Jimmy Wayne has been through a lot growing up and his childhood
was anything but easy. I truly believe that his story will immensely help kids
in foster care and kids who feel forgotten and lost. Jimmy Wayne’s story show
he has remarkable character and strength in trying to raise awareness about the
kids in foster care. I also loved and appreciated how Jimmy Wayne also helped Tennessee
and California to pass a bill that raise the age of foster care aging out of the
system and funding until the age of twenty-one years of age. This book could
easily be a movie and I hope that one day it is! I highly recommend everyone to
read this amazing book!
If you
would like to purchase a copy of Walk to Beautiful, the check it out on
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