I would like to thank my editors who pulled this book together for me, made suggestions, and helped to organize everything and unify the voice of The Accidental Divorcée.
I would like to thank everyone who, when my marriage suddenly ended, jumped into the water in my proverbial swimming pool to fill it up with love, friendship, and to be there for the bad times and to go out and have some good times.
I would like to thank the great counselor who ran my divorce recovery class and the two rocking girlfriends I made while I was in there.
I would like to thank my family for being so incredible— four generations of fabulous, especially my mom and my sisters.
I would like to thank my children, who make everything worth it every day.
I would also like to really, really thank those who shared their stories with me and provided me the spark for many of the narratives in this book.