This is a story of growth and empowerment. It’s about overcoming obstacles that become the tools that shape and transform lives as well as allowing one’s experiences, to strengthen and act as a guide throughout this continually changing journey called life.The Stephens family; in actuality are a group of people connected by biology, but with no emotional ties and very little knowledge about each other. Individually, they are meant to assist in the readers self-evaluation while reflecting, parts of us that some people would wish to remain hidden and unknown.We encounter a man incapable of loving anything or anyone. He feels justified and correct in his abusive behavior, when in truth, his insecurities cause his violent attacks on those around him when unsure of how to express his pain.We identify a woman on the verge of change. A change so dramatic that it’s force alters everything around her like a tsunami. A violent evolution from the passive, docile young woman into a vengeful and murderous wife that refuses to accept that her marriage is not the fairytale she believed it to be.We watch a youth, caged by strong emotions that are not tempered by the size of a perceived enemy. The threat to what you hold dear acts as the opening of a spillway on a son’s protective instincts, fuel for flames of hatred, contained by his love for those he feels he must protect at any cost.We embrace unprotected innocence, that continually left unguarded, will eventually meet with a fate worst than death. A shattering of something so fragile it will take a lifetime to heal the pain and turmoil of a multitude of sins performed against it.This is the story of one family's attempt to recover from living beneath skies full of clouds that bring about the storms of rage, that have left them tattered and torn. They must all learn that some skies hold beautiful colors forming the rainbow of happiness, appreciated most by those who've weathered the storm.