I am extremely grateful to the following people for helping me along the way and helping me with this book, in particular. My editor, Kristen Pettit, of course. Katie Shea Boutillier. Fred Ramey. Dan Smetanka. Rosemary Stimola. Elizabeth Lynch, and everyone over at Harper. I would like to thank my mother, as well as the rest of my family, for the incredible support and love every step along the way. I’d like to thank my best friend, Brad, for having helped me all through the years. With all of my heart I’d like to thank my husband, who is gleefully supportive and understanding of every step of the process, and of me. I tend to be a slightly strange person to actually be around, and my husband not only understands me but embraces my generally bizarre behavior. And last, but not least, my little baby boy Wyatt, who is growing now into a little boy, and who is so effervescent, curious, hilarious, and sweet that every day is a new adventure, not only out into the world but into my own heart. How infinite the heart is! For you, Wyatt, my little prince.