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Reviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite
Jerry Morton’s memoir, Finding My Way, traces a remarkable life across the American landscape, from being born into a roving Coast Guard family through the rough Wisconsin subdivisions, Pittsburgh suburbs, and Illinois trailer parks, to college in Kentucky, Army service at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and a revolutionary career in special-education law and school psychology. The book is structured as vivid, true stories originally presented in the author’s podcast, recounting the explosive school bus rebellions, playground bullies, con artists at a poultry shop, a near-fatal interstate accident, and summer jobs on Texas dredge boats. Yet the heartbeat of this work is the author’s later quest: a decades-long inquiry into psychic phenomena, past-life hints, auras, and spiritual synchronicity that challenges his scientific beliefs and expands his sense of what it means to be human.
Finding My Way is about grit, the fluidity of memory, and the courage required to honor one’s truth over perceived comfort. Jerry Morton’s storytelling is unembellished, and it brilliantly captures the sweat, the slang, and the danger of mid-century America. This memoir gave me three powerful lessons: first, reality transcends strict materialist boundaries; second, we build self-respect by refusing to be victimized, even at great physical risk; and third, small, authentic acts of honesty and kindness reverberate across decades, healing old wounds, binding strangers, and revealing the hidden unity beneath our seemingly separate lives. The author’s documented encounters with psychics and shared auras compelled me to question my understanding of reality. He writes in a voice that is arresting, unassuming, yet filled with authority.
