Some people allow the circumstances of their lives to dictate the direction and overall outcome of their lives. Other people make their lives what they want them to be through their actions, words and thoughts. I fall into the second category.

I had no idea how to achieve the things I wanted in my life for a very long time. I learned from the many mistakes I made along the way. In making mistakes comes appreciation and humility for many things.

This is a book about how I overcame all that was hurtful, unloving and generally destructive in my younger life, to persevere and make my life into what I want it to be. The journey to creating a life of my choosing involved an unbelievable amount of hard work, sacrifices and difficult decisions, but it was more than worth all the battles fought in getting there. Life is good every day because I choose that outlook. It does not mean that my life is easy or that difficult things don’t happen to me, it just means that I take charge of my attitude and I choose a positive one and to make the most of every challenge, obstacle, or opportunity that life throws my way. You too can make our life what you want it to be.

If my story inspires just one person to take positive and productive steps to change their life and make it into one of their choosing, not one dictated by circumstance or their upbringing or their surroundings; then it will have been worth the risk of going out on the vulnerability ledge and sharing with you.