INTRODUCTION
Ever since I could remember, I've always liked the ocean. It's like I have this unworldly connection to it. When I'm on my board, taking on the waves. It's like I feel at home with the water. The feeling of it going through my fingers, it's bliss.
I think I'm the reincarnation of a fish. I can hold my breath longer than anyone, without turning blue. My friends always ask how I can do that. I reply that I must be a mermaid.
Mom worries about me when I'm out on the waves. Says something about me falling into the Abyss. The Abyss is something no surfer would ever want to face. I went there, and came back. What I found changed my life forever.