CONTENTS

PROLOGUE Love Has Won the Day

ONE The Railroad Tracks

TWO Searching for Purpose

THREE Down on My Knees

FOUR A Passion for the Law

FIVE Back to School

SIX Staying Sober

SEVEN Community Service Is My Lottery Ticket

EIGHT Advocacy on Another Level

NINE David and Goliath

TEN A Ballot Initiative?

ELEVEN Law School

TWELVE Wouldn’t It Be Great If I Made Dean’s List?

THIRTEEN The Greatest Indicator of Citizenship

FOURTEEN No Man Is an Island

FIFTEEN Cooking Up Some Gumbo

SIXTEEN Blood Is Thicker Than Water

SEVENTEEN Let’s Rock This Thing

EIGHTEEN The Home Stretch

EPILOGUE Love Will Win the Day

Acknowledgments