Because there is a place in me, I know there is a place in you where you are not alone. This book is about how I once again came to that place, but this time I did not turn away. It is not a detailed account of how I arrived there, but merely a tracing of some of the actual footsteps that led me there. It contains a few key events and many of the thoughts that followed. As usual, I have left the transitions out and the inconsistencies in. I hope my description reminds you of a journey very much like your own, because now I know we walk together. Only the words we use to describe it will differ, but words will not change our direction or our deep need of each other along the way.