Welcome to Travelphan

We all have an extraordinary story to tell. In Travelphan I've done my best to express to you who I am. As you are introduced into my life, my soul and my deepest secrets will be revealed chapter by chapter.

Enjoy.

CONTENT ADVISORY

This book is for mature audiences only. Adult language is used. The use of multiple drugs is discussed. Sex is described in detail.
 
Enjoy.

WARNING

I am a normal guy. My degree at the University of Florida was earned in history, not literature. I've put in a ton of effort in order to make this story easy to read and grammatically correct. If you are a grammar nazi or literary elitist, then this book isn't for you.

A NOTE ON THIS BOOK

Travelphan is a diary of my life story. The entirety of it was written between January and July . All entries made during that time are 99%, if not 100% accurate in terms of date. All entries made prior to then are written after the fact, so some dates are estimated. Additionally, some names have been changed. Other than that, the content of this book is true.
 
That is all.

Preface

The fact that you are alive means that against all odds, the universe has conspired to work in your favor. Every close call with death has been avoided, not only for you, but for your parents and their grandparents and their ancestors for as long as we have been.

Millions, billions of families’ flames of life have been put out over time, yet your fire burns strong.

Realize that in this present moment that you are alive. You have been granted the gift of life. This gift is yours. Your life is yours. The present is yours.

  

Ask yourself this now:

  why am I alive?

Book 1

Hello everyone and welcome to Travelphan! You can download the full book on Amazon.

Enjoy the trip!

~1990

It’s late at night and I’m laying in bed. My brother David is laying next to me. Light enters the dark room from the slit beneath the door.

Mommy and Daddy are fighting again. We wish we could fall asleep so it would end, but we are both locked in on the proceedings.

Mommy and Daddy are in the kitchen. His face looks like a demon as he screams at her. Her cries are only broken when she yells out in pain.

I want to run out and help her, but I am too scared. In the past I’ve stood in between them and protected her, but in the end it only makes things worse for everyone.

This fighting happens way too much.

I have no idea why they fight.

The abuse is hard on all of us. David and I only unite in times of terror. During all other times David takes out his pain on me.

Daddy beats me. David beats me. Mommy is the only one who doesn’t hurt me.

Somehow David and I fall asleep. Eventually, we always do.