Carl Todd grew up in rural Pennsylvania where his style of writing and insight bears a signature of depth and simplicity. Mr. Todd is reclusive and quiet by nature, but there is something to be said about his abilities to captivate an audience when there is something to be said, and in his own words, they are now written. This book will include one piece of art he created at the age of fifteen and, some twenty years later, made it into a colored work of art. It is a pleasure to write for Mr. Todd and share who he is to me and, hopefully, in anticipation, the world that finds their way to the pages of his book, "Broken to Be Triumphant," will be inspired by the beauty within.