This portion is an excerpt from the actual introduction in the book. I only omitted small sections and changed a few words to fit the story better.
Enjoy :)
Have you ever felt like you have done everything conceivable to make a relationship work and there is nothing but drama anyway? Have you even loved someone more than life itself, but they disvalue that love? Have you ever sacrificed something for another, only to have them no appreciate your generosity?
Life is strange. So many people cross our paths during our predetermined amount of years on Earth. Many of them will be in our life from day one to the final hour. Many will come into our lives later and hang in there until the very end. The there are the "other ones." People who are only in our lives for a minute, a day, a week, a month, a year, a few years. We cannot understand how the relationships with them can start out seemingly perfect and end in total madness.
How can two people love each other, create children together, cohabitate, build a life together, and then end up hating each other in the end? No one enters into a relationship or marriage expecting it to fail. No one gives of their heart and soul in exchange for being mistreated, either mentally or physically. Yet anger happens. Abuse happens. Cheating happens. Death happens.
While all of the above can be devastating, the truth of the matter is that old adage: "It's better to love and have lost than to never have loved at all." No matter what the circumstances, no matter what the outcome, love is what makes life worth living. Love is the center of the universe. Love can move mountains. Love can also tear down walls. Love can also kill. Love is never painless.
I know that from personal experience. I have been hurt by those who claimed to love me. It was disappointing, but it does not mean that I will ever give up on finding the right one. There is someone out there who complements me on every level, who can appreciate what I have to offer more than they crave their next high, who can mirror my ambitions with their own, who can uplift me instead of trying to hold me back. Meanwhile and between whiles, I have children to raise, challenges to meet, and history to make.
- Ashley Davies