ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am ever grateful for the unwavering support of so many. These include Marg and Dale Dodson, Norman and Judy Franz, Kathy and Joe Harvey, Beth Reynolds, The Hundred Hours Club participants, Sharon Reynolds-Kyle and Doug Kyle, Matthew Reynolds and Leesa Phaneuf Reynolds, Jerry Reynolds, Marilyn and Bill Sandbom, and Jeannie and Bill Ward, and countless others.

My writing colleagues, including Karen Kasaba, Kathy Les, The Loft Writers, and the Noepe Workshop participants. Their close readings and shared insights were invaluable.

Those who, among others, worked to bring this book to fruition, including Jan Haag, Katie McCleary, Krista Minard, Julia Moore and Angela Tannehill.

The professionals who treated both me and Mike with respect, and who offered specific help when they could, and empathy when they couldn’t. These include the staff at Accent Care Hospice Services, Dr. William Au, Dr. Patricia Brunner, Dr. Frank Capobianco, Carol Kinsel of Senior Care Solutions, Dr. Michael McCloud, and other nurses, physician assistants, and emergency hospital doctors, whose names are now lost to me.

The army of caregivers whose hard work and compassion helped ease the guilt and pain of “placement.”