To my sweet Annie: If only I could keep you from life’s dead ends and detours; but then you would miss the beauty of being lost and being found. So I will walk every road, detour, and dead end with you for as long as we both shall live.

To my mom, dad, sisters, in-laws, and the many dear friends who have walked these long roads with us: Thank you will never suffice. You were the streams in our desert.

To Ryan: God only knows how many dead ends our marriage has seen, how many detours. But we are still here, still being lost and found together, and I am forever grateful.