Readers of every profession will discover the possibilities of a life of travel and work outside the US, learn how opportunities and random events can have lasting impact, and recognize the need to change plans. Gary's accounting profession gave him the opportunity to experience an accounting journey lasting almost four decades; living and working on four continents. Beginning with the earliest memories of his father's grocery store in the African-American neighborhood of Miami in the 1950s and 1960s, the memoir continues with his service in the peacetime US Army, and then traces his accounting journey through Miami, Budapest, Caracas, Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, and London. Gary had a normal childhood; free of abuse, divorce, poverty, health problems, or other drama. He has a good education, including an advanced degree, served his country as an officer in the US Army, and had a successful career as a Certified Public Accountant. He is happily married since 1974 to his college sweetheart.