From A Boy To A Man

About the Book

From A "boy" To A Man, is the summary of all the obstacles that the author encountered while trying to achieve his dreams. Even though this book shares a lot of stories of his struggles, he is also using these stories to encourage and motivate others to look for the positive and not the negative in any given situation. In this book he advises his readers to stay between the two laws, the Law of God and the Law of Man. The author informs readers there are dire consequences for breaking either of the two Laws. The author also shares the experiences of his father and mother and the good advice they gave while raising him and his siblings. He tells of his mother reading the Bible by the heater at night as entertainment for the family, and them really enjoying the bible sessions. The book also has great instructions from his father. For example his saying, "Son you can't start out fresh every Monday morning, if you ever intend to accomplish anything." By this he was referring to the fact you must develop saving habits. In this book the author also shares his views on saving, he states if a man makes enough to live, he makes enough to save. There are so many helpful analogies of those kinds in this book. But most importantly this book is just fun to read.

About the Author

McArthur Billing was born in the early forties in Union County, Arkansas. When America was a much different place from what it is today. McArthur was the 8th child of 12 children born to his parents, Grady and Elburdie Billing. McArthur is married to Mary Helen Billing. Mr. Billing has five children, Mark, Sandra, Kimberly, McArthur JR, and Gregory. He has six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Billing is a retired military veteran, with 2 years active duty and 20 years National Guard duty. McArthur is presently working as an Industrial Mechanic at a local chemical plant. A job he worked his whole life to obtain; even though he is past retirement age, and is now referred to as "Mr. Mack," he still doesn't want to leave this job.