When I began writing this book it was easy for me to decide who to dedicate it to: my cousin, Patty Denman-Krahling, whose life and spirit live on in the hearts of every member of my Family.

However, I wrote my last journal entry on September 10, 2001. The next day, we all woke up to an event that forever changed the lives, spirits, and hearts of the country, and of most of the world. As Arthur Miller wrote, "Attention must be paid."

And so I dedicate this book to the memory of the people we've lost, my one and our many, and to the lives of the people who had to go on without them.