DEDICATION
To those who stood by me when I couldn’t stand at all—especially my family (David, Karla, Kelli, & Austin). Your love was a lighthouse, even when I was lost in the storm.
To the Demons in Disguise & Angels That Fled —your memory still echoes in my bones. I carry your absence like a flame. I know you — the good, the bad, and the grotesque. I forgive you all – thank you for helping create my story. I will never forget you, even though our paths went separate ways. The truth is, I love you & I hate you.
And to Deacon—my eternal muse, my heartbreak, my haunting inspiration. You lit the fire that forged the words herein. You showed me that the story goes “From Ashes to Immortality.” You inspire me — then, now, and forevermore.