1. To the four who made me a mother.

2. To the others that I have mothered.

3. For the faraway joy of being a grandmother.

4.To the child who straightened up while we were at Church and helped with dinner.

5. Ma Bell who made it possible for me to talk to kids who called.

6. To my mother who made M.E. possible. I miss her still though she’s been gone over a decade.

7. To the friends who shared my joys and struggles as I raised my kids.

8. For a quiet Sunday when I was feeling funky.

9. Chuckling over momisms.

10. To the man who fathered the children and shared the smiles and tears and loved and loves M.E..