Juan Aleman II was born and raised in Texas. He grew up with his mother, step-dad, and two older sisters.
Juan has spent his life pursuing happiness in many forms. As a teenager, Juan found theater and acting became a passion. As an adult, Juan has been an actor, soldier, and writer. "We're All Broken" is Juan's first book and he wrote it as a way of facing the difficult things in life.
The theme is "no matter what you've been through, no one has it perfrect. No one person has it all figured out."
His second book, released February 2025 was a collection of short stories and is the opposite side of the world from a children's book. "Divergent Lives of No Consequence: Short Stories."
Juan and his wife, of 28 years, raised two children and have lived across the Country. As empty nesters, they still have a dog and a cat to keep them company.
Juan Aleman II was born and raised in Texas. He grew up with his mother, step-dad, and two older sisters.
Juan has spent his life pursuing happiness in many forms. As a teenager, Juan found theater and acting became a passion. As an adult, Juan has been an actor, soldier, and writer. "We're All Broken" is Juan's first book and he wrote it as a way of facing the difficult things in life.
The theme is "no matter what you've been through, no one...
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Finding solace in my words and creations isn't easy. I am sensitive to the fact that in doing what you love, there are growing pains and anger to be released into the ether. So, I dig to find the things that help me to find joy. But in retrieving that joy, I release a lot of negativity-- I know and understand that.
But, my nightmares and anguish on the page have been felt by others. So, if one person finds help in living my stories, then writing them will be worthwhile.
As an individual who spent time in the military, I find that a change from military to civilian life was a strange bit of time. In the military, you are told what to wear, when to wear it, and where to be at any given time.
Then, you are free, all of a sudden you can go on a vacation farther than 200 miles away without having to get permission. I can call in sick. I can rest on the weekend. My day isn't eighteen hours.
It's a complete switch. So, you are always a soldier even when the uniform...
There are so many things to do during a lifetime. Goals for us to reach, records to be broken, and legends to be made. But working as hard as you can, is it realistic to say that, "You can do anything you set your mind to doing?"
Well, you can find my opinion at my YouTube page with my latest video!