Prologue

Dane Bernard, a big, gentle man, a teacher, would always look at that particular first day of school at Summitville High School as the one that changed his life forever.

Three things happened in that one momentous day that made returning to his old, comfortable life impossible—he rescued a boy from bullies, he lost his wife of twenty years, and…he began a journey to find himself.

How these three events, seemingly so disparate, tie together is our story. Let’s begin with the first.