Book excerpt: Ally Burnett is a longtime educator who hoped to one day share her life story. That story has come to fruition with Happitimes: The Early Years. The story takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster as Ms. Burnett describes her childhood in vivid detail, sometimes interjecting academic insight into how she and her siblings were affected by the abuse they lived. At times, her story is heart wrenching, but true to an understanding that domestic violence reaches every corner of human existence. Ms. Burnett continues to educate students with special needs in the Nashville area and hopes to write a book 2 to give continued validation to abused children.