""A Beautiful Journey: Poems & Stories of My Youth"" is a compilation of autobiographical writing by Kayla Maclay. She includes poems and stories she wrote between the ages of eleven and nineteen years old. Follow her through her adolescent years as she writes about topics such as her love of music, family life, depression, and abuse. This book is a testimony of her changing life. You will find hope in seeing how every struggle we go through makes us who we are today. The Second Edition features an updated front and back cover.