I want to give special thanks to my family and friends, whose unwavering support over the years has had tremendous and significant meaning to me.
Thank you to all the phenomenal people at New World Library for believing in me and supporting the ideas I had for this book; especially to Georgia Hughes for giving me this opportunity and for all your love and support during this process; and to Kim Corbin for your continuous dedication to getting the word out.
I want to send a humongous thank-you to William Croyle for really understanding how to help me put into words what I am thinking and for bringing this whole thing together.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your stories in this book. Your acknowledgment of Spirit is the validation that others need to know that there is life on the other side.
Thank you to Melissa (MC) Cubillas, who has been a huge support and friend along this journey. I want to acknowledge Zaul Hernandez for everything he has done for me over the years to keep my life in order and for being someone who “gets” me, whom I can trust, and who is there whenever I need him.
I want to thank my partner, Patrick Markert, for being my rock, for grounding me, for making me laugh, for making this whole process just downright fun for me, and for using his gift of writing to advise me — it has been invaluable. And, of course, I cannot forget to thank my dogs, Teddy and Balto, my little fur babies, who bring love and joy to my life and who remind me to live in the present as they do.
Lastly, I want to thank my mom, Yvonne, who has half of my heart with her on the other side. Without her, none of this would be possible. I feel you here with me, guiding me, inspiring me, and flooding me with the light of your love. Because of you, I can share with others the message of how to recognize that the ones we love are always with us.