Preface
To Dan : About the best friend a man could have. Is he an easy friend? No. But then, life is not about being easy. Not if it has any meaning. We have all had bad times as well as the good. We have all made mistakes and have had bad things happen to us not of our choosing. How we handle these is our measure as a person. It is through our pain, learning and hard work of how we achieve understanding in life. Dan could have kept his pain buried inside and passed it on to others as so many do. He chose not to. Redemption is not a gift. It is earned. Often slowly and at times painfully.
This is Dan’s story of how he was hurt and how he has achieved healing and knowledge, not from shying away and covering up, but from confronting his deepest pain, shame, and anger; coming out a more whole and better person.
We have all been hurt and would do well to follow his example.
- Craig Michelsen M.D.
