FROM
THE
OUTSIDE LOOKING
IN
a testimony from Montana Birt
In April of 1974, I was an
8-year-old little boy in the
second grade living what
I thought to be a normal
life. When all at once the
world I knew forever
changed without any
notice. Hello, my name is
Montana Birt.
M y family consists of my mother, father,
two brothers, and two sisters with my birth
being the middle child. We lived in a small,
southern community in Georgia where
everyone knew all their neighbors and
people in the town. As a youngster, I
considered my family common, but in
hindsight today, I can tell you there was
nothing common about my family.
My mother was a stay-at-home mom and
my dad was gone almost all the time.
Whenever my father did come home, he
came bearing many toys and gifts for the
family. To a child, I thought life was good
because of the many gifts we were
showered with when my dad was around.
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