At a very young age, I was taught about an all-powerful, all-knowing God. I was taught facts about who he was and about his laws (the Ten Commandments). I was taught to respect him, and I did. But nobody could teach me how to love him. My God, my Abba, and daddy taught me that on his own. In my life, there has never been, nor will there ever be, a love that compares to my love for my daddy God.

Yet foolishness and selfishness drew me away from him. I never stopped loving him. I just ignored him and did my own thing. I spent my time running in circles, looking for love in all the wrong faces and all the wrong places. Now at the age of sixty-seven, I can look back and see how lonely I was when I turned my back on him.

I wrote this book to share my life and my mistakes in trying to live life without God. My desire is to show his patience, his forgiveness, his sense of humor, and his never-ending love. If I could stop just one person from making the same mistakes, it was worth it!