This is a prayer:

Thank You, Jesus, first for allowing me to write from my heart at these special times and moments--not just to be heard, but to keep my sanity. Please, Jesus, every story written here is true, though names have been changed and used only as the Holy Spirit leads me.

God, please protect me and tie love and faithfulness around my neck as I share my life from the age of fourteen to forty-two. This book is to be used to spread the Gospel of Christ Jesus and to allow my heart to heal after the hardest times of my life. Forgive me of my sins, asking all of this in the name of Jesus. Amen.