Jerry Roberts was born and raised in Manchester, a small country community outside Detroit, Texas. He grew up enjoying the life of being around cows, chickens and horses. “Country as a bale of hay.”During his early childhood years, he was brought up in church by his mother, stepfather and grandparents, in an old house built by his grandfather and family. One of his dreams was to escape poverty by becoming a professional football player. After graduating Detroit High School in the year 2000, Jerry left for Iowa, where he attended college to play football, only to return to Texas after breaking his arm during the first game. Afterward, he completely gave up on life and moved back home. Although he hid it behind a smile, Jerry was tormented with suicidal thoughts and depression daily. Being filled with anger and disappointment, he began a life of drugs, alcohol, and gang violence, which led to an imprisonment sentence of five years and six months....