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147 Acknowledgments There are many people who helped see this project to its completion, and so I thank, in no particular order, everyone who supported and encouraged me in my research, ideas, and writing. First, I thank Ashley Runyon and all the editorial staff at the University Press of Kentucky for taking on this project. Thanks also go to Carey Newman, director of Baylor University Press, who gave me much encouragement and the confidence to move forward with this book, and who particularly helped me see that it was a valuable enterprise. I am deeply grateful to Baylor University, the Honors College, the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, and the Religion Department for giving me financial support for the project, granting me a summer sabbatical in which to conduct my research and graduate assistants to help with my scholarship. I am indebted to both Tom Hibbs and Anne-Marie Schultz for their support throughout this process. I am appreciative of the invaluable assistance I received from Lacy Crocker, Anna Beal, Susan Moudry, and David Wilmington, all of whom were partners at one time or another in the creative process of developing this manuscript , and who gave me much needed assistance in perfecting and editing the manuscript in its various stages, and to Jim Nogalski, who directed their assistance my way. I am grateful for my group of women colleagues here at Baylor— Brooke Blevins, Greta Buehrle, Natalie Carnes, and Kristen Pond—who make life a little easier and full of laughter. Finally, I thank Jim West, Susan Lum, Gailynn Williamson, Joe Chernisky, George Tanabe, Rob Weller, and Kimberley Patton for their mentoring and support over the years. Their feedback, encouragement , and hugs have made it wonderful to be on this path, and it is because of them that I am where I am today. No project like this would be complete without the support of friends and family, and it is to them that I owe the most appreciation for keeping me sane and sharing their company. To my family I owe much gratitude for all their love, help with child care, and compan- 148 Acknowledgments ionship. Dad and Joyce, thank you for the tea parties, for listening, and for helping me have fun when I have been stressed. You are great grandparents. Martha, thank you for being a great second mother and a wonderful grandmother to Maia. Lynn, I am so glad you are my sister and Maia’s auntie. Kehaulani, your friendship has been one of life’s finest rewards, and seeing Kahi being born after watching my mother die is one of the greatest gifts you have given me: the knowledge that even in the midst of death, life goes on. Lily, thank you for being in our lives—you have brought us joy, wisdom, and fun and helped me see how important it is to embrace life in the midst of pain. I am a deep admirer of yours. Karen, Sam, Nathan, and Jessie, many thanks for hosting us year after year in paradise. We have enjoyed your company, and I have savored your wisdom and humor. Charity, Josh, John, Dawn, Katie, Kyle, Emmanuelle, Tenzin, Julie, Diane, Alden , Mike, Christy, Harvey, Ronnie, Blake, Michele, Kevin, Abby, Tom, Carlos, Jen, and Paul, thank you for your friendship and your support; I am so grateful for your continued companionship on this journey of life. Last, thanks to Maia, my beautiful daughter, who makes me stop and see the absolutely stunning beauty in this fragile world. I love you. ...