Tracing Holland

Callie asked if I was ready. But ready for what? The spotlight? The music? The reality that who I was is going to attack the very fabric of who I am now? No one knows I’m a different person. Well, except the two most important people in my life, a.k.a. the only reason I might have a chance at pulling off the comeback I never saw coming.

Then again, that was before fellow rocker Holland Drake crashed into my life. I didn’t ask for her. Heaven knows she didn’t ask for me. No one could blame her for being wary of me, but sometimes it’s not about what makes sense. It’s learning you have a choice when it feels like you don’t. It’s believing even the worst past can still have a future. Most of all, it’s forcing yourself to confront the blessing that often feels like a curse:

You’re still alive.

You’re still significant.

You’re once again Luke Craven, lead singer of Night Shifts Black.

(Please note this book addresses depression and suicide in a compassionate, realistic manner.)