I need to help others. Honestly, it was everyone who told me to write my story and show the world — yes you can survive, you are beautiful, you have a voice, use it for the ones who need it. I was always asked wherever I went,. So I thought, I am going to give those questions answers. I know in my heart I was meant to write my true story, so I did. How challenging was it to write about your own past and let people read about it? I have a community supporting me. They lift me up, even on special holidays, we are invited everywhere.
Its beautiful to know now that there is this world out here and all I had to do was open my eyes and learn to trust again. I continue to Kerri On, as that is what I know to do. I am not ashamed of my mistakes. They have shaped me into what I want to be, and owning your own truth is the greatest gift of all. It gives you the answers you seek and the self-worth we all deserve to be fully one with ourselves. When I received my 1st book back from editing, and read it front to back, I fell to the ground.
I hid again, in a dark spot and allowed myself to relive those moments alone. I had to read and see the visions splash before my eyes like a movie, except between each event in my life that affected me so profoundly. I had to relive it all at once Weeks went by and the e-mails were coming in from my assistant at FriesenPress asking for the manuscript back.
I just hit send, numb this time. It was a day later I snapped out of it, and realized I never read to see if there was proof reading that needed tweaking. The past is the past. So, I passed it to a friend to do it, from there another door opened, a door of love, and the eyes of a stranger reading my pain. That enveloped and carried me the rest of the way to get this on the shelves. I will never allow my children to relive the horrors of what we went through together. In my own self, I had to heal once again, and I did it with the compassion of others and the people I allowed to read my story for me.
There you have it: the pains of yesterday will always hurt you, but the promises of tomorrow will indeed heal you. Kerri-On is part 1 of a trilogy. How long did it take you to finish writing this series?
It took me 4 months. I wrote from my heart, and everyday, while my boys were at school, a chapter came out of me alone. I let the tears pour as I spoke from my heart and it rushed out like a tidal wave. How helpful was the FriesenPress team during the production process of the book? They were amazing. I didn't realize how long the process was after hitting send on my manuscript. To me I was done, but they kept me busy with all sorts of forms and paperwork. They have to do menial duties like bar-tending at the clubhouse bar, cleaning, security and running errands for full members.
In the Hells Angels, prospective member are known as Prospects and have to be hold that status for 12 months and subject to direction of full members. Failure to comply with the direction of a full member is grounds for wide range of punitive measures ranging from fines to expulsions from Hells Angels. Hells Angels do not have a probationary period. This requires a strong majority if not unanimous vote of full members.
If successful the member is entitled to wear a full three-piece patch consisting of top rocker, bottom and centre patch. Full members can vote and attended meetings. Joining the Hells Angels is considered a lifetime commitment. If you do leave the club, or are kicked out, patches are returned as they are always considered club property. Refuse and they will be taken by force. This includes body ink and jewelry.
The Phases of Membership - 'The Program' 1. The Hang-around : Being a hang-around is the first stage. Most are invited by a club member, a friend or family member who is an OMG biker to an event. Other Hells Angels MC members are constantly judging your character.
It helps if you have skills the gang finds useful — usually criminal. If you get noticed, you move up to be an associate. While the Hells Angels may have a questionable reputation in the world of motorcycle clubs, it also holds an annual toy drive, as do many other clubs around the country.
But there are some biker groups dedicated to good causes. It's Motorcycle Club as opposed to an association such as Harley Owners Group, or Goldwing Riders, which allow anyone to join as long as they have a Harley or Goldwing. A nomad is a member of a motorcycle club which may or may not be an outlaw motorcycle club or similar gang who is not a member of a specific chapter of the group.
Some nomads live in geographical areas that have fewer than the required numbers to form a chapter. Motorcycle clubs MCs can be divided into conventional and deviant clubs. The most deviant clubs are those known as 1 percent or outlaw motorcycle gangs OMGs. The abbreviations MC and MCC are both used to mean "motorcycle club" but have a special social meaning from the point of view of the outlaw or one percenter motorcycling subculture.
This is indicated by a motorcyclist wearing an MC patch, or a three-piece patch called colors, on the back of their jacket or riding vest. Most Hells Angels members are white males who ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Membership status is tightly controlled. The Justice Department website says the Hells Angels have a total of 2, to 2, members in around chapters in the United States and 26 other countries.
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