A Ronin’s Journey: The Road to Redemption

The Worst Day of my Life

Introduction

Throughout most of my adulthood, people asked for my advice. I even published a couple of books filled with it along with a blog called Ronin’s Journey. I was not very good at taking my own advice, though, so after some previous introspection, that was almost too late. Then the world turned upside down. This book is about insecurity, ego, pride, regret, and rebirth. 

How it is structured is that most chapters cover one month, starting with the worst day of our lives, the haze immediately following, and up to the seventeen months after. It comes from the grief journal that I kept at the suggestion of a counselor as a logbook of emotions, flashbacks, anxiety attacks, and insights. I hope that the process lets you know that you are not alone; with the techniques I used helping you as they did me. 

The Worst Day of My Life

On a Sunday in July, we lost our godson due to an accident in our home. I was in another room when it happened. My wife turned just as it occurred, seeing ever…