Thank you to all of my family in Jesus who have traveled this journey with me into His heart of love. Thank you to the ones who have laughed and cried and stood with me, believing for morning at midnight. Thank you to my friends who have called forth my deepest desires, my most audacious dreams and even the longings I once was afraid to embrace.
Mary-Pat and Bill, thank you for being there and being family. Heidi and Rolland, thank you for loving me, believing in us and cheering us on. Mom and Dad, thank you for being you and giving me wings. I love you! Mel, thank you for watching out for me and telling me to go for it!
Thank you to my friends new and old who have loved us and prayed, and to those from whom I have learned along the way: Tom, Mike and Chris, Deborah, Randy, Janet and Jimmy, Chris J., Hope, Sandi, Briskilla, Julie, Pamela and Tony, Steve, Brian and Candice, Denise, Georgian and Winnie, Jennie-Joy, Pam, Elizabeth, Lissa, Paul, Bill and Beni, Danny, Gordon, Darrel, Abe and Lil, Lesley-Anne, Charles and Anne, Katherine, Mark B., Felicity and Tony, Annalisa, Antoinette and their family.
To those who have prayed, helped and made this book a reality: Jane, this journey would not have been what it has without you. I have learned so much—thank you! Claire, thank you for the much-needed commas and encouragement. My new family with Chosen, it has been an honor and privilege to travel these miles and pages together.
And most of all I want to thank my beautiful Jesus, who captured my heart so long ago and is the reason I even have a story to tell.
Baby Immanuel, our daily reminder that “God is with us”