I began writing around Christmas 2006, just after my wife's passing, and finished the draft on Labor Day 2007. From there, a friend of mine from work, Rebecca Krafft, helped me edit the book. She did this in her spare time, and the final version of the book was completed in November 2007. Again, I wanted to complete the book as quickly as possible for two reasons: (1) so that I would not forget many of the details, and (2) so that I could feel free to move on.