Raised with PRAISE: How My Parents Made Me a Happy Soul

This book is a tribute to my parents, Martha and Coyne Callaghan. I felt compelled to write this book because I believe their approach to raising children is something special and should be shared with the world. Writing this book with my parents has been one of the most gratifying and enjoyable experiences of my life. It is a story about my experiences growing up and how my parents shaped my life! "Raised with Praise" highlights my parents' approach to raising children and captures my life as a child, teenager and parent. It includes stories from my family, parents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.This book is for all the parents who were once children and ultimately the children who will one day become parents. My goal for writing this book is on a grand scale. I want to enhance the circle of life, in a positive way, for many generations to come. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the book and it puts a smile on your face and happiness in your heart!

Bill Callaghan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in June of 1960. He and ten brothers and sisters grew up in the village of Shorewood, along the shores of Lake Michigan. Bill attended grade school at St. Robert's Catholic School and spent the next four years at Shorewood High School, graduating in 1978 as the senior class president. Bill attended UWEC (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) before joining the family's mixing business in 1980. He has spent the past 30 years working with his parents and four brothers, manufacturing blending and coating equipment. Bill and his wife Laurel were married in 1986 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and have four children, three in college and one in high school. Bill is a father, husband, teacher, an inventor, and now an author. Above all, he is just a kid at heart!