"To my editor Trish Lockard, thank you for pushing me, for teaching me the rules of a classic memoir, and then for putting up with my determination to break those rules. Without you, this book would have been published as a mere collection of chronological memories written in story form. Thanks to your skill, passion, integrity, and tenacity, I trust we have a work of literature that can instill courage and ignite joy." ~~Tara Heaton