Not many guys turn 24 years old in during boot camp, but joining the Navy was a desperation play with three prongs. I needed to get away from my situation, something fierce, so I joined the Navy for a six-year hitch. My mom didn’t like my decision, and telling her I had a girl in every port didn’t help. And that’s the challenge I’m leaving you with today: endeavor to see the people around you as God created them. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”