To my son Michael: you are both my proudest moment & my biggest accomplishment. Always dream big and work hard to chase your dreams down. I couldn’t love you more or be more proud of you. You and me buddy…always.
To my mom Debbie: there is no other way to say it than thank you for everything. My entire life it has never mattered if I needed someone to cheer me on or cheer me up, give me a laugh or a kick in the ass; you’ve always been there. You’ve always been my rock and you’re the reason I’m the man & father that I am. Love you.
To my step dad Big Dave: thank you for being “Sallyamooah” and everything that goes into that. You’re the goods.
To my friends who have become my brothers: JB, Paul, Jon, Mark, Michael, David, Joe, Bill, TJ, Ramblin’ Ray & Joey: you guys mean the world to me. I can’t thank you enough.
To Jeff Schwartz, Wendy Harrison, Deb Heed, Tom Lounges and Bruce Parrot: thank you for taking whatever chance you did on a young journalist / creative mind. Without you both my life and my career would be drastically different.
To Dina Bair, Jane Melvin and everyone at DWCC: thank you not only for your friendship but also for your tireless efforts as “soldiers of another kind.” You truly are one in a million.
To Arianne Nardo, Janet Barding, Ron Kittle, Gretchen Wilson, Craig Campbell, Tiffany Bearden, Doug Buffone, Brandy Reed, Holly Gleason, Nancy Russell, Alison Auerbach, Karen Tallier, Scott Stem, Kathy Best, Eddie Robba, Chris Keaton, Pete McMurray, Terry Boers, Dan McNeil, Kevin Matthews, Dan Richman, Ryan Arnold, Mandy Zahn, John Castino, Bernie Glim, Adam Bailey, Dave Rudolf & Jack Adams: I have known all of you for many, many years and whether you know it or not each one of you has often amazed and inspired me and I thank you for of it.
And to anyone I may have forgotten, understand that I have limited space but please feel free to insert your name here: Thank you