Perry MaughmerPerry Maughmer isn't the point of this book. The work is. He's simply the one who keeps returning to it, learning his way forward long enough for the words to take form. Most of his life has been an education in one relentless truth: no one can walk is path for him and carrying everything alone isn't strength-it's just a durable misunderstanding he's still in the process of unlearning. He writes from authorship, not authority. What you'll find here is a lived record of attempts: showing up, getting it wrong, discovering something real, and returning again. He continually learns from Lisa, his wife, whose questions expose the truth; from his adult children- Zane, Zach, and Grace-who keep proving that we're shaped as much by what we witness as by what we choose; and from their dogs Biscuit and Koogie, who remind him that presence is the cost of being alive. Read More Read Less