Terry L. Garlock is proud of his daughter, Melanie, as she becomes an adult. In this book he delivers his fatherly advice, broken into bite-sized portions fashioned after "Gibbs' Rules" from the TV show NCIS. Gathering what he learned from parents, mentors and the bumps and scrapes of life, Terry has written herein his version of wisdom, intended to give Melanie acceleration in gathering life's lessons. Knowing the universal resistance to parental advice, Terry decided that binding these bits and pieces in this book might double the chance Melanie will read and absorb them and perhaps be encouraged to contemplate for herself what she believes to be true.