My name is Melisa Lapatinsky and I am so pleased that you have chosen to read my novel. I started to write after finally challenging myself to say something merely because I had something to say. As a mother, friend, sister, woman, and generally vocal person with anxiety, I encourage everyone to express what they have to say. There is no expression that holds no value. There is no input that is useless. Throughout this novel, it will be based extremely loosely on religion, and rely on themes of human nature, mental health, desires, and desperation of how far one may go in order to secure such things. Please take note that everything read is fiction and should be held at face value. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."-- Winston Churchill