Hi, I'm Mel. In the following pages you will get an up front seat at watching my life fall apart.

But let me back up, I work at C&B Investigations supporting the investigators in an admin role, and life was predictably safe.

A break in, ending with me shot, spun all my normal, predictable, life out of control. I'm shifting through the broken pieces of my marriage, trying desperately to keep my job, and reconnecting with my estrange brother.

This is my story, and believe that I am a fighter.