RealitySpirituality - Guest Tom North

Tom North is one of the eight North children, who together 

with the ten Beardsley children, became the family which was 

featured in the 1968 film, “Yours, Mine and Ours” starring 

Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, and again in the 2005 version starring Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid.

 

The book begins in the 1950s on Whidbey Island, 

Washington, where Tom’s mother, Helen North, became a 

widow when she was just 30 years old and pregnant with her 

eighth child. Tom was six years old, the fourth child in the 

North family. Not long after, Helen North met and married 

Frank Beardsley, a man with 10 children, and she moved her 

family to his house in Carmel, California. 

 

The North children were adopted and their names were 

changed to Beardsley. But, it wasn’t one big happy family as 

the movie depicted. The stepfather’s violence, abuse, and evensexual abuse created a life of intimidation, confusion, turmoil, fear and depression for the North children. All hope seemed lost as Tom realized that he was caught in a prison and there was no way out.

 

When he finally left home, he traveled on a journey of survival, self-discovery, and healing.Years later, Tom miraculously led his family in counseling sessions where shocking truths were revealed. He then came full circle as he reclaimed his father’s name and was finally, True North.

 

For more information about this inspirational story, please visit:

http://truenorthbytomnorth.com