In April of 2022, I sat in the driver's seat of our family van facing the rapids of the Kentucky River with my fiancée and infant son crying in their seats. Fear consumed the truth like a raging inferno that day. My intentions was obscured with lies that flourished in the courtrooms to follow. With the hope for a family now beyond my grasp I had to seek a new life beyond the river. I was determined to share my new journey with my son built upon a promise to a dog that I never could forgot. Today, I share my stories of how I overcame the uncertainty, the lies and the betrayal from those who I loved the most. This page is dedicated to samples of those stories as we draw near to the final publication.