It was my sole intention to dedicate this book to the children in my extended family circle, as the story encompasses the difficulties and complexities of blended families and my family fits this profile.
After I’d finished writing a section in the book where one of the characters dies of an inoperable brain tumour, my friend and neighbour was diagnosed with a similar condition. This news devastated me and I put the book away unfinished because it was too close to home. My feeling at the time was that I should change my character"s health issue. The time lapse between my friend Sharon’s diagnosis and her passing was a short three month period. At the memorial service for Sharon, as I listened to her family and friends speak, it occurred to me that she was a definitive example of the subje
