My life has been a rollercoaster of changes. Within that time I have managed to marry, have 2 children, graduate from college, spend 13 years in the military, and write this book. I tried to be as honest with my emotions as I could be. Raw emotions usually won over something imaginary. I tried to write this book so that anyone reading it could feel and understand the pain the same way that I did when I went through it. I sincerely hope you can take with you something positive (even though it derives from a place of pain). I am hopeful that we (as a collective people) can learn something from this work. Violence and cruelty solve nothing. It makes enemies of family members and strangers of loved ones. If you are in an abusive situation, please get help - it's not worth your life or the lives of those you love..