First and foremost, my Drew. Without you and your patience and late nights, I would never have been able to do this. You stayed with me through the crazy that was writing a book, one chapter at a time, and published it for me each week without complaint. By golly, it must be love, yeah?
To all the ladies that helped me get the word out, I am now, and will forever be eternally grateful.
Claire. Holy cow. My biggest cheerleader from day one. You were always there if I needed ideas of how to get the word out, and every week, you faithfully posted updates, comments, bulletins, and whatever else you could find to spam the site. You are amazing in ways that I was unaware existed.
Betsy and Jess. My Chicky and my Pixie! You stayed with me each week, chatting me through, telling me the honest truth about the words I wrote. You helped me through my little brain farts, and gave wonderful ideas when I was stuck. Your dedications are speckled throughout the story, words meant just for you!!
Angie, my cousin, and the bringer of the most insightful critiques. Our naughty fun will remain an inspiration...
Sarah, Koka, Sara, Carime, Anna, Cassie, Denise, Jo, Sara, DiDi, Jessica, Emily, Hannah, Marina, Amber, Crystal, Becca, Lance, Ashley, Krysta, Amy, Jami, Linz, Julie, WAHM (whose screen is legendary, but whose name I don't know!!), Cindy, Kelli (Yes, even you!), and everyone else who I know has been clicking in each week, but whose names escape me, because, let's face it, I am human!! I feel ungrateful to not be able to remember everyone as I write this, but please know how much you all have meant to me for coming back each week, and for posting banners, and bulletins, and every other method you used to pass us along. And simply for the fact that you read the thing. That is the most amazing feeling, I hope you know what you have meant to me by doing this. I have such love for you all, so much, and I hope that you all know that.
My real life people who have been cheering me on, Chrissy, Sammy, horse fields forever, Angela, who has never read a word, but has been a huge support, Katie, who I miss, and all the other family members both immediate and of the In Law nature who have passed me their kind words, sometimes surprisingly, my thanks and love.
Once again, to my Drewbie. You are so many things to me. My first love. The father of our beautiful little Lola. My husband. My Lobster. And numerous others, of course. But now you are also the means by which my dream came true. You are a good man, a wonderful father, a gem of a husband, and my best friend. To you I say,
Fuh-Dudda-Dudda-Dudda...