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W ith all the gratitude I can summon, I thank my friend Don Montagna for inspiring me to write my memoir, for reading my manuscript, and for his guidance . My gratitude and affection go to Anna Gillis, Helen Shaw, Rima Schulkin, and friends in my writers’ circle—Sally Carson, Barbara Brill, Sara Stone, and Bob Elkins—for their insightful feedback. Thanks also to Miriam Cutler for her generous help with selecting photos and coding them electronically. My thanks to Merril Leffler and to Dr. Robert Mandel, director of Texas Tech University Press, for their faith in my manuscript and for their efforts to see it published. I wish I could find a way to properly acknowledge my sons, Steven, Andy, and Bob, and my nieces, Fern and Stephanie, for their inspiration and encouragement. I owe a special debt of gratitude to my grandchildren, Lauren, Eric, Matthew, Alex, Twain, Nina, and Emmarose, for their eager interest in my story, their questions, and their recognition of the love and courage that shines through people even in the worst times— and, for their appreciation of their own good fortune. Their enthusiasm and wisdom were my inspirations. Lastly, my deep gratitude to my late husband, Chuck, who nurtured all my personal endeavors. Acknowledgments ...

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