FOR EVERY PIECE IN this book, there is at least one person who got a phone call, email, or Facebook message from me out of the blue, asking for help. Thank you so much, Joyce Abell, Amy Abramson, Patricia Albright, Maria Baquerizo, Lori Beveridge, Sarah Bird, Jessica Anya Blau, Dorothy Browne, Steve Bolton, Cindy Bonner, Kathy Caruso, Victoria Caruso, Kay Curry, Susan Keselenko Coll, Mark Dean, Carolyn Dryden, Ellen Ducote, Amin Dulkumoni, Laura Emberson, Moshe Fine, Judy Frels, Mary Friedman, Sarah Gleason, Meredith Jones Gonzalez, Sandy Goolsby, Lisa Gornick, Alan Greenspan, Liz Hazen, Debbie Heubach, Dallas Hlatky, Cindy Huyser, Morgan Jones, Jeff Joslin, Cathy Kapschull, Trish Kahn, Nancy Kirkwood, Kendra Kopelke, Kathy Korniloff, Pete LaBonne, Liz Lambert, James Magruder, Kim McGowan, Jane Metzendorf, Naomi Shihab Nye, the Payne family, Miriam Peskowitz, Doug Preston, Jan Ralske, Timmy Reed, Sandye Renz, Dubravka Romano, Kristen Romano, Jane Sartwell, Nancy Seeback, Jessica Shahin, Lily Sheehan, Amy Smith, J. C. Stamler, Pam Stein, Ava Taylor, Havely Taylor, Scott Van Osdol, D Watkins, Robin Whitney, Hayes Winik, Vince Winik, Holly Winter, Rob and Lucy Wood, and Carla Work. Thank you, Jack Shoemaker, for saying yes, and thank you, Jennifer Alton, Megan Fishmann, Sarah Jean Grimm, Katie Boland, and Jenn Kovitz, for your help and enthusiasm. Thanks also to my darlings, Beau and Squash, always by my side.