Preface

What lies within these pages are the literary works of Kendrahli. Most of what will follow were written in junior high and high school, some of which has been published. My grandmother and grandfather, who raised me for the first 12 years of my life, were divorcing after over 30 years together. At the same time my father and step-mother where getting a divorce. I remember desperately wanting to find a way to go with her out of fear of my father. I ended up with my grandmother for a few months then escaped it all by moving in with my boyfriend at the time, we were together for about a year after that before he left. Reading through I was so angry at it all, I can see where my mental state started to decline (a state that really took off in college). I almost seemed to know exactly where my life was going to go, but no clue just how bad it was going to get.