FOR

WALTON AMOS’S BABY GIRL, VIRGINIA ANDERSON AMOS,

WHO GREW UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN FULL OF GOD’S

GRACE AND LOVE WHOM I AM HONORED TO CALL

MY DARLING FRIEND

AND

FOR C. D., LISA, AND ERICH,

MY FIRST AND FOREVER LOVES

AND

FOR THE BLUEBERRY-EYED VENETIAN WHO WAITED