What You Do Next: No Excuses No Way Back

By MARK LUMRY

Mark W. Lumry has lived many lives.

A Marine.
A CH-53 crew chief during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
A husband, father, business owner, tower climber, and eventually a man forced to confront cancer, loss, failure, fear, and the hard truth about what really matters.

What You Do Next is not a story about perfection or heroics. It is a raw and honest memoir about choices, consequences, brotherhood, love, survival, and learning how to keep moving forward when life falls apart.

Through stories that range from growing up on the red dirt of Oklahoma and Marine Corps boot camp to helicopter operations aboard the USS Guam, dangerous tower work thousands of feet in the air, family struggles, heartbreak, rebuilding, and unexpected redemption, Lumry shares the lessons earned over a lifetime spent balancing toughness with vulnerability.

At its core, this book asks a simple question:

When life changes you forever... what do you do next?

Written with grit, humor, honesty, and heart, this memoir is for anyone who has ever been knocked down, lost their way, or searched for meaning in the middle of chaos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H63BSNG9
• ISBN13: 9798196932861
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"