Mercedez always wanted to become a writer. She wrote her first book, "This is a Confusing Life" in the sixth grade. It now represents a glimpse of her dilemma in trying to understand who and why she was and is included in its entirety. As she became older, she wanted to write her story. She expressed this time and time again. I made a promise to her through the heavens above that I would write her story one day, but could not when I was so broken hearted. There have been many days I have just wanted to throw all of her writings back into the crates I found them in, because it has been so very...