Everybody has a story to tell, and this story is told in a most unique way-through the beauty, rhythm, and honesty of poetry. The author's story is one that has yet to be completed or even reach its peak, but he has experienced many things in his thirty-five years of life-joy, sorrow, struggle, and triumph. From childhood to adulthood, he has continued to grow as a person through each time of joy and challenge. As you read the words in this book, may you reminisce about your own youth and the experiences that created the person you are today. That's a wonderful thing! Take a journey back through the years as you journey through each page of poems, celebrating how far you have come and how far you will go in the future.