2008 was the last time that all of the family came together for a vacation. Later that summer, Greg Matte's sermon was about a prayer that asked God to strip down your life, so that it may be rebuilt to according to His suiting. I was afraid to pray that prayer, but I did. I consider October 13, 2008 to be the day that the prayer began its answer. I have always been open about matters of addiction and that was the day that therapy began to end a two year affair with pain killers. What follows is not poetics, but merely a list. It is all true.
