What I have presented here is a memoir. It is a true story, but of course, it cannot contain the whole of a life. Primarily, the story I wanted to tell is a story of faith: a faith that was tried to the point of breaking, but without which I would not have survived to find the strength I now know is always available to me. To learn that even when we are at the end of our rope, if we will only listen to the One who created us and everything else, we will hear, loud and clear, that we are loved beyond measure and will not be left alone.