Bits and Pieces

The sweet smells of cooking coming from the kitchen. Learning to blow bubbles with bubble gum. PepsiCola, grass-lot baseball, Saturday matinees, BB guns, amusement park roller coasters and girls…all a part of the normal experiences for a child growing up during the 1940s. Except Gary Buehler’s childhood was anything but normal. Struck with polio at an early age and having divorced parents with an absentee alcoholic father, Gary’s lessons in life started early. He learned how to survive in a world where others often had – at the very least – a physical advantage. Gary takes us on a journey of joys and disappointments. His tells his stories with the innocence of youth detailed with the wisdom of a life well-lived. Enjoy the bittersweet tale of a man with a big heart, deep thoughts and the ability to move forward no matter what the odds.