Introduction

If you are a parent, you have searched and searched for the right ways of doing things without realizing that you're already doing so many of them. This book will help you discover a few more while celebrating your many victories. Well done, my fellow parent, well done!

If you are the coming of age adult, you are about to embark on an incredible journey. Believe it or not, you already possess the tools to take care of yourself.

Lessons and Reflection

Are you convinced? In this deeply touching and inspiring collection of life tools, you will find many familiar lessons—things you've learned treading through life's adventures. And your eyes will be opened to some new ways of thinking about your experiences, for the learning on this journey should never end.

This book is my gift to you. It is a lifetime condensed into a few pages between a front and a back cover. Upon reflection over the years, I realized that there were some incredible gifts, or should I call them life tools, that were handed down to you. Through life's lessons of joy and sorrow, these tools have come to you wrapped with Faith.

Tools and Encouragement

I am going to list some of the tools that I have imparted to you. As you read them, know that I know that you will be gaining even more as you surpass me in tools. It is time for me to fade and you to shine.

You are young and full of so many promises. Go realize them; go earn your own stripes in this world; go gain your own wisdom and faith; and go collect even more tools to pass on to the next generation.

From With Love, Always.