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To Ethan, Andrew, and Charlie,

the lights of my life. I love you all the time, no matter what,

and I’m so glad you are mine.

To CJ Redwine and Jodi Meadows.

I can’t list all the reasons why,

because some of them aren’t appropriate,

but we know. We know.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson