I have a request. But before I ask anything of you, I hope you know that not a day goes by that I don't think of each and every one of you. You have saved me from the world and from myself. For that I'll be forever grateful. So with that in mind, I beg that you read my words not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some entries are only to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Don't read it ironically. Read it as glimpses into a life of a boy who becomes a man, and is still trying to figure out what that means. Read it wholly, with diligence and attention. Read it because you care.
