How I Lost All Hope. And Then Set Out to Find It.

by Arnold Ytreeide

I tell you this story not because it’s pleasant to do so - at times the humiliation is excruciating. No, it’s not that it’s pleasant. I tell you because I must. For me, for my son, for you. Some of it you’ll think is hyperbole. Some of it you’ll think is a lie. It is not. It is true, all of it. It is my story. My story of how I lost all hope. And then set out to find it again.
- Thomas Wright

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First published September 15, 2014

About the author

Arnold Ytreeide loves to make people feel. "My second film I ever made was for a high school history project. It made the teacher cry, right there in front of all the students. That wouldn't be a big deal except that my history teacher was also the varsity football coach. That was the moment I decided I love telling stories." He's been telling stories ever since, in film, television, books, radio, stage plays. And he tells them in all sorts of genres -- historical fiction, adventure, and books that make you think. Sometimes Christian - like his popular Jotham’s Journey Christmas series - sometimes for those not so inclined - such as Under My Teacher’s Desk and The Twelfth Privilege. He pours a “life of a thousand episodes” into every story. Next up? “More Mike Danford books, more Amon books, and I’m starting a new series about a girl who lives on the moon.” Former cop, former film & TV creator, and Professor Emeritus, Arnold and his wife Elsie Jo live to hang out with their two children and five grandchildren. “And their dogs. And cats.” He's always looking for the next story he can tell that will help people "feel the wonder of this wonderful life."