The Journal of Dylan
The Journal of Dylan
Love the Freedom. Love the Consequence.
At thirty-three years old, I sit alone with cold coffee and an open notebook. Sober, scarred, and finally at peace with silence, I begin writing the story of my life — but not from the beginning.
I start from the end.
Told in reverse chronological order, The Journal of Dylan peels back the layers of a raw, unflinching life: from quiet mornings in recovery and factory work, to the trap house born from devastating grief, to the desperate choices of a father trying to save his young son — only to lose him to the system. From the suicide of my own father, the estrangement from my mother, and the beautiful chaos of becoming a father at sixteen, all the way back to a curious boy walking the back roads of rural Indiana, full of questions and unaware of the storms ahead.
This is not a polished tale of perfect redemption. It is a brutally honest meditation on addiction, fatherhood, love, loss, and the painful wisdom that comes from surviving my own worst decisions. I learn that freedom always comes with consequence — and that learning to love both may be the hardest, most necessary thing a person can do.
Raw. Reflective. Heart-wrenching.
A memoir told backward about falling apart, fighting to rebuild, and the long road back to myself.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand your story is to read it from the end."