Pee Wee Football to the Pros

About the Book

This is an amazing story about my son, Melvin Thaddeus Fowler Jr., who became the center of his family’s attention as the youngest child. Several developmental stages will be shared—from his birth as a four-pound, fourteen-ounce, nineteen-inch baby to a 306-pound and six-feet-three tall man-child. This story is not just about Melvin but also about how a blended family of nine and several members of the community (close family friends) played crucial roles in developing the young man he has become today. He is much more than a football player.

About the Author

Lucinda Garrison Fowler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, received her associate in applied science degree from Kingsborough Community College in Sheepshead Bay, New York, to become a registered nurse; bachelor of science in health care administration from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York; and masters in science degree in counseling-education from C. W. Post, Long Island University in Long Island, New York. For thirty years, Mrs. Fowler was employed at Kings County Hospital Center, where she retired as a certified clinical nurse specialist in the Psychiatric Day Program as the acting director and founded the East Flatbush National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Mrs. Fowler published “Family Psychoeducation: Chronic Psychiatrically Ill Caribbean Patients” in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. She also engaged in private practice specializing in individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Mrs. Fowler and her husband live on Long Island, New York, and Glendale, Arizona. They have nine children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.