Albert’s Story

About the Book

Albert Mendoza boarded a plane for Denver for a business meeting, but his plane was grounded by a frigid northerner with hurricane-force winds and negative-fifty degrees. He had made a friend with the steward, Allie. Allie would find his wrecked Jeep and save his life just minutes later. Albert was run into, and he lost the top of his Jeep and his own head. Before Albert could die, he was frozen along with the top of his head. In shock, Allie found his head and brought it back to him. Anne, a resident doctor at the local VA hospital, took the skull from Allie and put it back on the corpse. Except Albert wasn’t quite dead. His spinal cord reconnected ever so slightly.

About the Author

Ronald Dean Durbin graduated from Hodge High School in St. James, Missouri, in 1967, after which, he enlisted in the Air Force. After his four-year commitment, he entered college studying to become a Chaplain. This would include a BS and MS in Education and the three-year seminary degree, later followed by his doctorate. Ordained and Certified as a Chaplain, Ron came back onto active duty in the Air Force as a Chaplain in 1985. In1995, Ron came off active duty moving into the Reserves of the Air Force. Also certified as an Educator, he went back into fulltime teaching at The Defense Language Institute, teaching adult foreign military personnel English until June 30, 2017. In seminary, he married and would become father to Carrie and Jere. Later, as a single parent, he would add Charlie and Alicia. He and Ainagul were married in January of 2017.