title: 108 Things I Want to Tell You My Son Before You Leave Home
author:  Troy Schmidt 
description: TROY SCHMIDT is an author and television writer writing for Disney, ABC, Nickelodeon, Thomas Nelson and Lifeway. He has written for Max Lucado's "Hermie and Friends" series and was a writer/producer on "The American Bible Challenge" with Jeff Foxworthy for the Game Show Network. His other book titles include "Release," "Saved," "40 Days," "In His Shoes: The Life of Jesus," "Chapter by Chapter" plus other editions in this Praying Through the Bible series. He also wrote This Means War a teen prayer guide based on the movie, The War Room with Alex &amp; Stephen Kendrick. Troy is a Campus Pastor at First Baptist Church Windermere, Florida.
zlib_text: **Hard Road Home**
  
  **By**
  
  **Susanne Bellamy**
  
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  Table of Contents
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Chapter One_
  
   _Chapter Two_
  
  Chapter Three
  
   _Chapter Four_
  
   _Chapter Five_
  
   _Chapter Six_
  
   _Chapter Seven_
  
   _Chapter Eight_
  
   _Chapter Nine_
  
   _Chapter Ten_
  
   _Chapter Eleven_
  
   _Chapter Twelve_
  
   _Chapter Thirteen_
  
   _Chapter Fourteen_
  
   _Chapter Fifteen_
  
   _Chapter Sixteen_
  
   _Chapter Seventeen_
  
   _Chapter Eighteen_
  
   _Chapter Nineteen_
  
   _Chapter Twenty_
  
   _Chapter Twenty-One_
  
   _Chapter Twenty-Two_
  
   _Chapter Twenty-Three_
  
   _Chapter Twenty-Four_
  
  Chapter One
  
  **Dedication**
  
  For Steve - thank you for loving me, and for your support and encouragement
  and patience.
  
  **Chapter One**
  
  “Why?” Geilis Romney couldn’t prevent the shock spilling from her lips in one
  explosive syllable.
  
  Her father’s eyes widened and he gripped the arm of the chair with his good
  hand. “Why— as in why hire anyone to help you run the vineyard, or why hire
  Rick Peyton?”
  
  Gei’s mind grappled with the alterna