The Eighth Sister (Charles Jenkins #1)(126)

Thanks to Tami Taylor, who runs my website, creates my newsletters, and creates some of my foreign-language book covers. Thanks to Pam Binder and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association for their support of my work. Thanks to Seattle7Writers, a nonprofit collective of Pacific Northwest authors who foster and support the written word.

Thanks to all of you tireless readers, for finding my novels and for your incredible support of my work all over the world. Thanks for posting your reviews and for e-mailing me to let me know you’ve enjoyed my novels. It sounds trite, but you push me to put out a book worthy of your time.

Thank you to my wife, Cristina, and my two children, Joe and Catherine. Joe went off to college four years ago and I thought that was a tough day. This year Catherine followed. Catherine is our baby girl. She is my Bubster, as everyone on Facebook has come to know. She makes me laugh and smile. Just seeing her makes me happy. Taking her to college was going to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a dad. And then one day, she got word that she’d been accepted to her first choice, a school close by. Her first words to me were, “Dad, now I don’t have to go.” She did have to go, for herself, and she’s having a ball and doing wonderfully. I get to see her at sporting events, and for dinners, and I see how happy she is and I imagine all the wonderful years God has in store for her and for all of us. I love the classic movies, like Peter Pan. Time to crow, Catherine. Time to fly. Love you.

Truly blessed. I give him all my thanks for all the special people God has placed in my life.