I want to write a book about my parents - all four of them. My blood parents and my beloved parents who raised me. I want to write about my family who lives with me - my sister, wife, and daughter.

I want to write a book about my friends - both present and past. There's so many things to say about all of them, but I just haven't found where to begin, until now. Now I know I was stuck because I didn't want to write a book about one or a few of the people in my life without writing about all of the people in my life.

This marks the introduction to my family, friends, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, significant others, and those who while not seeming significant definitely are.

This introduction takes place in a time when wisdom is no longer venerated, where virtue is often considered vice, and where solitude is considered insanity. From what I have seen, this is our world.

My family and friends have been better than I had ever hoped. I suppose I have never thought about what I hoped for in my family and friends, but now that I do, I can't think of a reason why I would hope for anything different. What they are - is perfect.