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© 2014, 2019 Carol L. Ochadleus, Author
© 2019 Brian Kotulis, Cover Design
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-64390-062-9
Trade Paper ISBN: 978-1-64390-063-6
.mobi ISBN: 978-1-64390-064-3
ePub ISBN: 978-1-64390-065-0
Large Print ISBN: 978-1-64390-066-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019942528
Second Edition: July 2019
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In Memory of
Dorothy and Charles Genetti
May their loving and generous souls continue to guide
my footsteps.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I must thank my husband, Don, for his support and unwavering encouragement. He is a guiding light who draws sunshine out of the gloom and offers the steadfast rock I cling to in the dark. I do not thank him often enough for the joy he brings to my life. All that I can do is because of him and his delusional optimism.
I also must thank my children: Brian and Elizabeth Kotulis, Lauren and Brent Baginski, Nichole and Joe Szyszkiewicz, Kathryn and Brandon Davis, and Don and Stacey Ochadleus. I love each of you and am fortunate to call you my friends as well as my children. You and your children generously share with me your spirit, wisdom, laughter, and just the right amount of chaos to keep my life deliciously unbalanced.
Brian Kotulis deserves a sincere thank you for designing the cover of this book. I am in constant awe of his amazing artistic talent.
A sincere thank you, as well, to Holly G. Miller, of the Saturday Evening Post. Early on, she reviewed my synopsis and encouraged me to publish. Without her pushing, this book would not have been possible.